Image forming apparatus and fixing apparatus
US6810228B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2074
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying body, a heating unit, a pressure unit for applying pressure, a recording medium supporting member, and a depressing/close-contacting unit. The recording medium supporting member moves in the same direction as the image carrying body moves, from a pressure position where the pressure unit applies pressure to the recording medium and the image carrying body to an exfoliation position where the recording medium is exfoliated from the image carrying body while supporting the recording medium overlapped with the image carrying body. The depressing/close-contacting unit sandwiches and depresses the recording-medium supporting member and the image carrying body in a middle position between the pressure position and the exfoliation position to closely contact the recording medium with the image carrying body.
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