Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus including heating member
US7433640B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2042
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a fixing apparatus including heating member having an elastic layer and a heat source and pressing member having an endless shape member and a pressing member for transporting a record medium in a cut sheet shape while being adhered with an unfixed toner image to pass a nip portion formed by the endless shape member and the heating member and fixing the unfixed toner image on the record medium, the fixing apparatus is constructed by a constitution in which a space between the toner image on the record medium and a surface of the heating member is widened immediately after the record medium is projected from an outlet of the nip portion.
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