Invention Grant
US08855516B2 Image forming apparatus including air blowing member configured to blow air toward a pressing member forming a nip portion with a fixing member
有权
图像形成装置包括：吹风构件，其构造成朝向与固定构件形成夹持部的按压构件吹送空气
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus including air blowing member configured to blow air toward a pressing member forming a nip portion with a fixing member
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置包括：吹风构件，其构造成朝向与固定构件形成夹持部的按压构件吹送空气
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Application No.: US13622597Application Date: 2012-09-19
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Publication No.: US08855516B2Publication Date: 2014-10-07
- Inventor: Tomooku Koyama , Ken Murooka
- Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2011-207012 20110922
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes; an image forming station for forming a toner image on a sheet; a fixing device including a fixing member and a pressing member; an air feeding member for air feeding cooling air toward the pressing member; and a shutter, provided between the air feeding member and the pressing member, for controlling an air feeding region, wherein the image forming apparatus operable selectively in a first mode for feeding the air an entire area with respect to the longitudinal direction of the pressing member, and in a second mode for feeding the air only a non-sheet-passing area when a small size sheet is fed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130078016A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-03-28
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