Fixing apparatus
US5258815A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 1992 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/6582
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing apparatus for use in an electrophotographic copying machine for fixing a toner image on the surface of a recording paper. The fixing apparatus is provided with a fixing means to fix the toner image on a recording paper, ejecting means to eject the recording paper after the fixation of the toner image and a correcting roller located along the ejecting path of the recording paper to correct a curl of the recording paper induced during the fixing process by bending the recording paper in an opposite curvature of the curl.
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