Fixing apparatus having sheet guide
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroto Koga
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a fixing apparatus that has fixing device for forming a fixing nip, recording material bearing an unfixed image being pinched and conveyed in the fixing nip and the unfixed image being fixed on the recording material. The recording material discharged from the fixing nip is curled downwardly, and a guide member guides the recording material discharged from the fixing nip. The guide member is slanted upwardly from an upstream side to a downstream side in the recording material conveying direction, and the guide member has a first guide portion and a second guide portion provided downstream in the recording material conveying direction of the first guide portion wherein a slant angle of the first guide portion is greater than a slant angle of the second guide portion.
Claims31
A fixing apparatus comprising:
- fixing means for forming a fixing nip, wherein a recording material bearing an unfixed image is pinched and conveyed in said fixing nip, the unfixed image is fixed on the recording material, and the recording material is discharged from said fixing nip being curled downwardly;
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- a guide member for guiding the recording material discharged from said fixing nip,
- said guide member being slanted upwardly from an upstream side to a downstream side in a recording material conveying direction,
- said guide member having a first guide portion and a second guide portion provided downstream in the recording material conveying direction of said first guide portion, and
- a slant of said first guide portion being greater than a slant of said second guide portion, wherein the slant angle of said first guide portion in the recording material conveying direction in said fixing nip is not less than 40 degrees but not greater than 65 degrees.
A fixing apparatus comprising:
- fixing means for forming a fixing nip;
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- a recording material bearing an unfixed image being pinched and conveyed in said fixing nip and the unfixed image being fixed on the recording material, and
- the recording material discharged from said fixing nip being curled downwardly,
- a guide member for guiding the recording material discharged from said fixing nip;
- said guide member being slanted upwardly from an upstream side to a downstream side in a recording material conveying direction,
- the slant angle of said guide member in a recording material conveying direction in said fixing nip being not less than 40 degrees but not greater than 65 degrees.
A fixing apparatus comprising:
- fixing means for forming a nip, wherein a recording material bearing an unfixed image is pinched and conveyed in said fixing nip, the unfixed image is fixed on the recording material, and the recording material is discharged from said fixing nip being curled downwardly;
- and
- a guide member for guiding the recording material discharged from said fixing nip,
- said guide member being slanted upwardly from an upstream side to a downstream side in a recording material conveying direction,
- said guide member having a first guide portion and a second guide portion provided downstream in the recording material conveying direction of said first guide portion, and
- a slant of said first guide portion being greater than a slant of said second guide portion, wherein said first guide portion has ribs and a projection portion projected greater than said ribs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.