Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus including reciprocatable fixing unit next to heating unit
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Application No.: US18180779Application Date: 2023-03-08
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Publication No.: US12019383B2Publication Date: 2024-06-25
- Inventor: Takehiro Sato , Keiju Ishida
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Alleman Hall & Tuttle LLP
- Priority: JP 22036974 2022.03.10
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G21/16 ; H05B6/14

Abstract:
A fixing unit includes a plurality of first engagement portions which respectively engage with a plurality of first to-be-engaged portions to restrict a movement of a heating unit in a third direction intersecting with a first direction and a second direction. A fixed unit includes a second engagement portion which engages with a second to-be-engaged portion to restrict a movement of the heating unit in the first direction. The fixing unit includes a movable unit, a supporting member, and a reciprocating mechanism. The supporting member supports the movable unit such that the movable unit is movable along the first direction. The reciprocating mechanism causes the movable unit to reciprocate. The reciprocating mechanism causes the movable unit to reciprocate once every time a plurality of sheets pass between a first rotation member and a second rotation member in the fixing unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230288848A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-09-14
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