Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
A fixing device for fixing a toner image onto a recording paper sheet includes a heating member for heating the recording paper sheet, a pressing member for applying a pressure by forming contact with the heating member, a casing accommodating the heating member and the pressing member, and provided with an exit port for discharging the recording paper sheet, and a closing portion arranged at the exit port for keeping a temperature of the casing. The closing portion has a rotation member, and an opposed member forming a nip region together with the rotation member. A separating unit for changing at least a part of the closing portion from a closed state to an open state.
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
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G03G
inventional
Masayuki Kuniya Takashi Hiroshi Takayuki
Satou Matsuura Fujiwara Mizuno Ito