Fixing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorTatsuya YAMANAKA
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Abstract
A fixing device includes a heat source, a heat transfer member, a pressure-contacting ember, a housing, and a shutter. The heat transfer member is heated by the heat source. The pressure-contacting member abuts on the heat transfer member. The housing stores the heat transfer member and the pressure-contacting member and is formed with a detection hole for detecting inner property from outside. The fixing device heats recording paper passing through between the heat transfer member and the pressure-contacting member to fix a toner image on the recording paper. The shutter opens and closes the detection hole in accordance with supply of the recording paper to a nip part by the heat transfer member and the pressure-contacting member.
Claims10
A fixing device comprising:
- a heat source;
- a heat transfer member being heated by the heat source;
- a pressure-contacting member being in pressure-contact with the heat transfer member;
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- a housing storing the heat source, the heat transfer member, and the pressure-contacting member, and is formed with a detection hole for detecting inner property from outside,
- wherein the fixing device heats recording paper passing through between the heat transfer member and the pressure-contacting member to fix a toner image on the recording paper, and
- the fixing device further comprises a shutter opening and closing the detection hole in accordance with supply of the recording paper to a nip part by the heat transfer member and the pressure-contacting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.