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US 8,162,315 B2Granted
Peeling device, fixing unit, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorMotofumi Baba
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Abstract
A peeling device is provided and includes: a rotating body that conveys a recording material; a peeling member capable of changing from a first state in which the peeling member is away from the rotating body to a second state in which the peeling member is closer to the rotating body than the peeling member in the first state is, the peeling member in the second state peeling off the recording material from the rotating body; and a gas spraying unit that sprays a gas to the peeling member to bring the peeling member from the first state to the second state.
Claims10
A peeling device comprising:
- a rotating body that conveys a recording material;
- a peeling member capable of changing from a first state in which the peeling member does not contact the rotating body to a second state in which the peeling member is closer to the rotating body than peeling member in the first state is, the peeling member in the second state peeling off the recording material from the rotating body;
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- a gas spraying unit that sprays a gas to the peeling member to bring the peeling member from the first state to the second state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.