FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• Main Author: UEHARA MASAKAZU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 23.05.2016
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing device that can reduce an opening/closing space of a fixing cover, and an image forming apparatus.SOLUTION: A fixing device 3 includes a fixing device main body 20 that has an opening 21 extending over the back part and upper part of a recording sheet conveyance path, and a fixing cover 40 that is rotatably supported at a lower end of the opening 21 with a first shaft extending in the width direction of recording sheets as the rotation center axis and openably/closably covers the opening 21. The fixing cover 40 has a first fixing cover part 41 that covers the back part of the conveyance path and is rotatably supported with the first shaft as the rotation center axis at a lower end, and a second fixing cover part 51 that covers an upper part of the conveyance path, and the second fixing cover part 51 can bend relative to the first fixing cover part 41.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】定着カバーの開閉スペースを小さくすることができる定着装置及び画像形成装置を提供する。【解決手段】 定着装置３は、記録紙の搬送通路の背部と上部とに跨る開口部２１を有する定着装置本体２０と、開口部２１の下端で記録紙の幅方向に延伸する第１軸を回転中心軸として回転自在に支持されて開口部２１を開閉自在に覆う定着カバー４０とを備え、定着カバー４０は、搬送通路の背部を覆い且つ下端部が第１軸を回転中心軸として回転自在に支持された第１定着カバー部４１と、搬送通路の上部を覆う第２定着カバー部５１とを有し、第２定着カバー部５１は、第１定着カバー部４１に対して屈曲自在な構造とされている。【選択図】図４