Patent · US Expired

Fixing apparatus with rectifier element

US5253024A · kind A · utility

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24Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 10, 1991
Grant dateOct 12, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/2064
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fixing apparatus having a pair of rotary members for pinching and conveying a supporting material bearing a non-fixed toner image thereon, thereby fixing the non-fixed toner image on the supporting material and wherein a rectifier element is connected to at least one of the rotary members in a predetermined orientation, whereby the present invention prevent a toner offset that the toner on the supporting material is adhered to the rotary members.

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