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US 7,806,516 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakuji Matsuno
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a turning unit that turns the recording medium fed from a fixing unit, which fixes toner transferred to a recording medium and has a heating roller for heating toner, by approximately 90° with respect to a feeding direction of the recording medium, and a discharge roller that discharges the recording medium turned by the turning unit. A circumferential speed of the discharge roller is smaller than a circumferential speed of the heating roller.
Claims12
An image forming apparatus based on electrophotography, comprising:
- a heating roller for providing feeding power to a recording medium while heating toner is transferred to said recording medium;
- a turning unit for turning said recording medium fed from said heating roller, by approximately 90° with respect to a feeding direction of said recording medium;
- and
- a first discharge roller, disposed on a downstream side of said turning unit in said feeding direction immediately after said heating roller, for discharging said recording medium fed from said heating roller to a discharge section, wherein
- a circumferential speed of said first discharge roller is smaller than a circumferential speed of said heating roller.
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An image forming apparatus based on electrophotography, comprising:
- a fixing unit for fixing toner transferred to a recording medium, the fixing unit having a heating roller for heating toner;
- feeding direction turning means for turning said recording medium fed from said fixing unit, by approximately 90° with respect to a feeding direction of said recording medium;
- and
- a first discharge roller for discharging said recording medium, which is turned by said feeding direction turning means, to a discharge section, wherein
- a circumferential speed of said first discharge roller is smaller than a circumferential speed of said heating roller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.