Fixing unit and image forming apparatus equipped therewith
US8903291B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2035
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
When an arm member 50 moves a pressure roller 36 away from a fixing roller 33, a guide mechanism 60 moves an air nozzle 40 in synchronization with the motion of the arm member 50 in order that a nozzle tip 40a moves an operating position near a fixing nip portion NP and a parking position to which the nozzle tip 40a is retracted from the operating position.
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