Image forming apparatus having fixing device with air...

Details Image forming apparatus having fixing device with air... Image forming apparatus having fixing device with air...

2006-09-11

2010-06-29

Gray, David M (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Image formation

Fixing

C399S398000, C271S309000, C271S900000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07747205

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus having a fixing device for fixing toner image on a recording material, the fixing device includes: a heating member which heats a recording material; a pressing member which comes into contact with the heating member with pressure; and an air separator which separates the recording material from the heating member by compressed air blown between a leading edge of the recording material and the heating member, the air separator includes a plurality of nozzles disposed in a width direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the recording material and an air emitting amount distribution setting section which unifies an emitting amount distribution in the width direction of the compressed air which is emitted from the nozzles.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2004/0120735 (2004-06-01), Baba et al.
patent: 60-247672 (1985-12-01), None
patent: 2005-157179 (2005-06-01), None

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