Image forming apparatus and fixing device therefor
AssigneesKYOCERA Corporation, Kyocera Mita Corporation
InventorsShinsaku Yoneda, Shinichi Uchida
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Abstract
A fixing device for use in an image forming apparatus in which a toner image is transferred and fixed onto recording paper. The image forming apparatus includes a housing made of a heat-resistant resin having an outside surface which serves as an outside surface of the fixing device. The housing includes two casings which are separable along a direction of conveyance or passage of the recording paper in the fixing device. One of the casing includes a mount section for holding a pair of rollers in a predetermined position in the fixing device. The other casing includes a paper outlet opening through which the paper is conveyed.
Claims39
A fixing device for use in an image forming apparatus in which a toner image is transferred to and fixed on a recording paper, the fixing device comprising:
- a pair of rollers adapted to be pressed together, at least one of said rollers being adapted for heating the recording paper;
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- a housing made of a heat-resistant resin and for accommodating the pair of rollers, the housing having an outside surface constituting an outside surface of the fixing device, the housing including a first casing and a second casing which are separable along the direction of conveyance of the recording paper in the fixing device, and the first casing having a mount section in which the pair of rollers are mounted in a predetermined position in the first casing, the second casing having a recording paper outlet opening through which the recording paper is conveyed.
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on recording paper, comprising:
- an image forming section for transferring a toner image onto recording paper;
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- a fixing device for fixing the toner image transferred to the recording paper while the recording paper is conveyed through the fixing device;
- wherein the fixing device includes:
- a heating roller for heating the recording paper;
- a pressing roller for pressing the recording paper against the heating roller;
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- a housing made of a heat-resistant resin and for accommodating the heating roller and the pressing roller, the housing including
- a first casing and a second casing which are separable along the direction of conveyance of the recording paper in the fixing device;
- the first casing having a mount section in which the heating roller and pressing roller are mounted in fixed positions in the first casing, the second casing having a recording paper outlet opening through which the recording paper is conveyed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.