FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME

A fixing device includes a fixing rotary body rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation; a pressing rotary body, rotatable in a direction counter to the direction of rotation of the fixing rotary body, pressed against the fixing rotary body to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a...

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Main Author YAMADA MASAMICHI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.09.2012
Subjects
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
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Summary:A fixing device includes a fixing rotary body rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation; a pressing rotary body, rotatable in a direction counter to the direction of rotation of the fixing rotary body, pressed against the fixing rotary body to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed; a joint connected to a shaft of one of the fixing rotary body and the pressing rotary body and rotatable to rotate the one of the fixing rotary body and the pressing rotary body; and a fixing knob detachably attached to the joint and rotated manually by a user.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201213400824