Image formation apparatus having a peeling claw and heated rolle

Details Image formation apparatus having a peeling claw and heated rolle Image formation apparatus having a peeling claw and heated rolle

1999-04-28

2000-06-20

Smith, Matthew S.

Electrophotography

Image formation

Transfer

219216, G03G 1516, H05B 100

Patent

active

060787767

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an image formation apparatus including: a belt-shaped photosensitive body; an electric charger for charging the photosensitive body; an exposure device for forming an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive body; a developing device for forming a visible image according to the electrostatic latent image; a toner supply device for supplying to the developing device a toner used for forming the visible image; an intermediate transfer roller for transferring the visible image from the photosensitive body onto a recording medium; a fixing roller for fixing the visible image which has been transferred from the intermediate transfer roller onto the recording medium; a claw member for assisting peeling off of the recording medium from the intermediate transfer roller; and a heating roller arranged so as to be in contact with a point on a non-toner side of the intermediate transfer roller, wherein the claw member is arranged so as to surround the heating roller and has a claw portion which is in contact with an outer circumference of the intermediate transfer roller in the vicinity of a contact point between the intermediate transfer roller and the recording medium.

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Japanese Office Action issued Jul. 6, 1999 in connection with a related application.
Japanese Office Action issued in a related Japanese Application.

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