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US 2022/0026835 A1Published application
Sheet separating device, fixing device, and image forming device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshiki NISHIMURA
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Abstract
This sheet separating device 50 includes: a release member 51 provided facing a rotating member (such as a fixing belt 43) arranged on a sheet transport path, and which extends toward the surface of the rotating member; a support member 54 that supports both ends of the release member 51; and a separating tip portion 71 arranged between the release member 51 and the rotating member. The separating tip portion 71 is provided so as to make contact with the rotating member, and is swingably attached to the support member 54.
Claims9
A sheet separating device including:
- a rotating member that sandwiches a sheet with an opposing member, and transports the sheet by rotating;
- a release member which has a plate shape and is arranged along a rotation axis direction of the rotating member, and which includes, downstream of a sheet sandwiching part of the rotating member in a sheet transport direction, a tip portion that extends toward the rotating member;
- support members that each support the release member at both ends in the rotation axis direction;
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- a separating tip portion which is arranged so as to make contact with each of the tip portion of the release member and the rotating member, and which is swingably attached with respect to each of the support members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.