Image forming apparatus having print media-releasing member and fusing apparatus having same
US7715772B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 25, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 11, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00573
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having a print roller, in which a circumferential elastic contact part of the print roller contacts and presses a print medium to convey the print medium, the apparatus comprises a push roller pressing the print roller to elastically deform the circumferential elastic contact part; and a print media-releasing member including a claw member to be protruded into a space formed by the elastic deformation of the circumferential contact portion, the print medium being released from the print roller by means of the claw member.
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