Patent · US Expired

Sheet guide, fixing device and image forming apparatus

US7269385B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by
8References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 29, 2005
Grant dateSep 11, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 14, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/2028
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sheet guide sheet guide for guiding a recording sheet includes an outermost surface layer brought into contact with a recording sheet, which is formed of a material having a water contact angle of approximately 50° or less and one of a pencil hardness of 9H or more and a Mohs hardness of 4 or more.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.