Image forming apparatus
US8938191B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 13, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0135
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The image forming apparatus according to the present invention has a fixing member and a paper separation part. The fixing member fixes an image by heating and applying a pressure to a sheet of printing paper S on which a toner image is transferred, while transferring the paper S. The paper separation part has a blower part and an air ejecting part that ejects the air sent out from the blower part against a paper outlet port of a nipping part N of the fixing member. The air ejection part has ribs that divide the air flow sent out from said blower part.
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