Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Image heating unit, recording medium conveying unit and image forming apparatus
An image heating unit is detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus. The image heating unit includes: first and second rotatable members configured to feed a recording material in an image heating process; a casing enclosing the first and second rotatable member and provided with an opening configured to permit passage of the recording material; a movable member movable relative to the opening between a first position taken when the image heating process is carried out and a second position in which a jam clearance operation is operable through the opening and in which a test finger is prevented from entering through the opening into the casing; and a locking mechanism configured to lock the movable member at the second position.
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G G
G03G G03G
inventional inventional
Keisuke Takeshi
Yoshida Fukuda