Invention Grant
US07643784B2 Fixing apparatus, fixing member used in the fixing apparatus, and image forming apparatus having the fixing apparatus
有权
定影装置,定影装置中使用的固定构件和具有定影装置的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Fixing apparatus, fixing member used in the fixing apparatus, and image forming apparatus having the fixing apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 定影装置,定影装置中使用的固定构件和具有定影装置的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11362799Application Date: 2006-02-28
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Publication No.: US07643784B2Publication Date: 2010-01-05
- Inventor: Tsuneaki Kondoh , Takayuki Yoshii , Michitaka Higaki , Kohji Kamiya , Eiji Sawamura
- Applicant: Tsuneaki Kondoh , Takayuki Yoshii , Michitaka Higaki , Kohji Kamiya , Eiji Sawamura
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2005-052337 20050228
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16

Abstract:
A fixing apparatus including at least one transfer and fixing member which is placed in contact with an image carrier and a recording medium and configured to transfer and fix an image on the image carrier to the recording medium, at least detection mechanism configured to detect a jam generated on the recording medium, a separation mechanism configured to contact the transfer and fixing member with and separate from the transfer and fixing member from the image carrier or recording medium, the separation mechanism being configured to separate the transfer and fixing member from the image carrier or recording medium when the jam on the recording medium is detected by the detection mechanism.
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