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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190061 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a transporting path; a heating unit on the transporting path that is movably provided in a direction coming in contact with and departing from a continuous recording medium and that heats the continuous recording medium; a brakin... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190060 | Fixing device, image forming apparatus, and method of manufacturing toner for image forming apparatus In a fixing device, a first fixing member and a second fixing member nip a recording medium so as to fix a toner image on the recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium. A pressure application lever presses the second fixing member toward... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8165500 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes: a belt unit that includes a first roller member, a second roller member provided above the first roller member, a belt member rotating while laid around these roller members, and a positioning member rotatably holding the first roller membe... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8155560 | Image forming apparatus with integral unit of fixing unit and reverse rollers in main body An image forming apparatus has a main body; an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a recording material; a fixing unit; a reverse roller to convey the recording material which is passed through the fixing portion to the image forming portion again aft... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8107856 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus including the same A fixing device including a heating member, a pressing member that presses the heating member, a switching unit that switches a press contact force of the pressing member and a container body that accommodates the heating member, the pressing member, and the switchi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107857 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device fixes a recording medium with a toner image transferred thereon. The fixing device includes an endless belt heated with a heating member; a first pressing member contacting with the endless belt and extending the endless belt together with the heatin... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8095041 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a pair of fixing members opposing each other and a pressing lever that is rotatable around a shaft. The pressing lever can be moved either to a pressing position in which one of the fixing members is pressed against the other fixing member, ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8081903 | Fixing device, gloss providing device and image forming system A fixing device includes a fixing member that comes into contact with a recording medium while rotating a heating unit that heats the fixing member, a pressing member that presses the recording medium to the fixing member while rotating, and an air supply unit that ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8068765 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus including the same A fixing device of the present invention is arranged so that: (i) at least both ends of a planar heat-generating member come close to or touch an outer surface of a fixing roller, said both ends being in a circumferential direction when viewed in an axial direction ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064798 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus with heating member heated uniformly in circumferential direction In a fixing device, a belt moves in a predetermined direction to heat and melt a toner image on a recording medium. A pressing rotary member is pressed against the belt to form a nip portion to nip and convey the recording medium bearing the toner image. A heating m... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8041260 | Member mounting arrangement A member mounting arrangement mounts a proximity mounting member to a proximity object at a predetermined position relative thereto. The arrangement includes an intermediate fixing member attached to a fixing frame supporting the proximity object, the intermediate f... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8023861 | Fixing device and image-forming apparatus comprising the same A fixing device and image-forming apparatus, which provide required glossiness and paper adaptability, and, in addition, feature good operability and excellent durability while achieving optimal pressure-applying force for a variety of requirements. The fixing devic... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8010017 | Fuser assembly including a nip release bias spring A fuser assembly includes first and second fuser structures, drive apparatus and nip engagement and release apparatus. The nip engagement and release apparatus includes nip-loading structure, a bias spring for engaging the nip-loading structure, a nip release cam fo... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005399 | Image forming apparatus with integral unit of fixing unit and reverse rollers in main body An image forming apparatus includes: has a main body; an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a recording material; a fixing unit for fixing the toner image on the recording material and including a nip forming member which forms a fixing nip that nips... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7983598 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a rotatable fixing member, a pressing member, a drive input rotating body, a first frame, a support shaft, and at least one positioning member. The pressing member contacts the fixing member to form a fixing nip therebetween. The drive input... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979001 | Fixing device, image forming apparatus and adjustment of fixing device A fixing device includes: a fixing member that is driven to rotate; a pressurizing member that is rotated in accordance with rotation of the fixing member while pressing the fixing member, and that forms a pressing portion through which a recording medium passes, th... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974553 | Image forming apparatus with opening and closing assembly and gears movable therewith An image forming apparatus has an apparatus main assembly; an image forming unit; a fixing unit which has a pressure applying mechanism and a cam member; an opening and closing member which is attached to the apparatus main assembly to be capable of being opened and... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970316 | Method for advancing a media sheet through a nip in a media processing device A method for processing a media sheet by advancing the media sheet through a nip in a media processing device is disclosed. The nip is capable of being configured by abuttingly coupling a heater device to a pressure roller. A first heater device temperature of the h... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962065 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes first and second intermediate gears configured to transmit a driving force to a heat roller gear. The first and second intermediate gears are removably assembled to a body frame of the image forming apparatus in an installation sp... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7953348 | Fusing device and image forming apparatus having the same A fusing device of an image forming apparatus which applies principles of leverage, and an image forming apparatus containing such a device. The fusing device includes a fusing unit having a heating roller and a pressure roller facing each other and which rotate tog... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953349 | Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus A fixing apparatus for fixing an toner image transferred onto a paper sheet, including: a fixing roller having a heater and an elastic layer on an external circumference surface thereof; a fixing belt driven by the fixing roller; a pressuring member which forms a ni... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7925185 | Fixing device for image forming apparatus A fixing device according to an embodiment of the invention is provided with a center coil and a side coil to induction heat a metal roller which supports a belt. An auxiliary pressurizing member which is adjacent to an opposing roller which supports the belt and pr... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7907870 | Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus A fixing apparatus includes a magnetic-field generating part that generates a magnetic field, a fixing rotating body having a heat generating layer that generates heat by an electromagnetic induction action of the magnetic field, a pressurizing member that applies p... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7890023 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus to remove a jammed printing medium and to prevent a transmission of fixing heat is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit to fix a toner image into a printing medium when the toner image is transferred onto the printi... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890024 | Image heating apparatus with detachable unit urging external heating member to rotational body The present invention provides an image heating apparatus which can easily attach and detach an external heating unit and easily perform a maintenance operation. The image heating apparatus has a fixing apparatus frame 62 which rotatably supports a fixing rol... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7877042 | Heating roller with end covers in an image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit for fixing a toner image. The fixing unit includes a heating roller and a pressurizing roller opposed to the heating roller and urged toward the heating roller. A unit case rotatably supports both ends of the heating... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7840161 | Fusing device and image forming apparatus using the same A fusing unit for an image forming apparatus includes a fusing roller and a pressing roller, each having an elastic layer on their outer peripheral surfaces. A pressing structure presses the fusing roller against the pressing roller. When a sheet of paper with an un... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7822361 | Image forming apparatus having two fixing devices with sheet-paths of differing lengths An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body; an image forming unit; a first fixing device; and a second fixing device, the first and second fixing device being selectively attached, and the apparatus body including: a first attaching region that is formed... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7787802 | Attaching construction for pressing roller in fixing device In a fixing device of an image processing apparatus having the fixing roller for fixing a toner image on a paper sheet and the pressing roller which forms a nip for allowing passage of the paper sheet in cooperation with the fixing roller. The attaching construction... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7747195 | Fixing device with temperature compensating uniforming section and image forming apparatus A fixing device for fixing a toner image onto a recording medium, includes: a belt member rotatably provided; a heating section that heats the belt member; a pressurization member, placed so as to be pressed against the belt member, that forms a nip portion to allow... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742722 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided with a main body, an image forming assembly accommodated in the main body, a withdrawable unit accommodated in the main body in such a manner as to be withdrawable to the outside, a fixing unit for fixing a toner image to a rec... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7734218 | Cover-body locking construction and image forming apparatus provided with such locking construction A cover-body locking construction includes a specified housing, a frame insertable into and withdrawable from the housing, a structure supported on the frame, and a cover body shiftable between a covering position to cover at least part of the structure and an expos... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7725053 | Fixing unit having heater roller and pressure roller supports and image-forming device using the same A fixing unit of an image-forming device having a heating roller, a pressure roller disposed in confrontation with the heating roller, and a case that rotatably supports the heating roller on both longitudinal ends thereof and covers the heating roller from the side... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7706721 | Electrophotographic image forming device having fusing unit and supporting part to support fusing unit An electrophotographic image forming device includes an image forming unit to apply a developer to a paper and to form an image thereon. The electrophotographic image forming device further includes a fusing unit having a fusing roller to receive the paper from the ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7680438 | Image forming apparatus having contactless type temperature sensor A sealing member which is compressed by a contactless temperature sensor and a cover member of a fixing unit is provided between the sensor and the cover member. An opening portion for temperature detection is shut off from a space around the fixing unit by the seal... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7574158 | Fixing device, and image forming apparatus provided with fixing device A fixing device has a roller pair; a cover for defining a forward transport path, and a backward transport path for transporting a sheet discharged from the roller pair back to an image former for forming toner images on both sides of the sheet. A sheet detection ar... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7555239 | Image forming device and fixing unit A fixing unit is disposed at a position closer to a rear side wall than to a front side wall of a casing. A top wall is formed with a depressed portion depressed toward inside the casing. The depressed portion serves as a sheet discharge tray for receiving a recordi... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7522861 | Image forming apparatus having contactless type temperature sensor A sealing member which is compressed by a contactless temperature sensor and a cover member of a fixing unit is provided between the sensor and the cover member. An opening portion for temperature detection is shut off from a space around the fixing unit by the seal... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7505713 | Rollers separating unit and image forming apparatus having the same A rollers separating unit which controls a distance between a heating roller and a pressurizing roller of a fixing unit by an opening/closing of a side cover. The rollers separating unit includes an elastic support member rotatably hinge-coupled to one side of a hou... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7496316 | Image forming apparatus including an openable section and separating mechanism with cam A pair of fixing section discharge rollers 24 is arranged on the downstream side, with respect to the paper conveying direction, of a fixing section 20 including a fixing roller 21 and a pressing roller 22. Near the fixing section 20 | 02/24/2009 |
