Fixing device, image forming apparatus, and sheet detecting mechanism
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsTomohiro Watatani, Hironori Takahashi
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Abstract
A fixing device includes a sheet detecting mechanism configured to detect a sheet. The sheet detecting mechanism includes an actuator, a link member, and a detecting part. The actuator swings by being pushed by the sheet. The link member swings in conjunction with the swing of the actuator. The detecting part detects the swing of the link member. When a shift of a position of the actuator with respect to the detecting part is caused, the actuator slides with respect to the link member to absorb the shift.
Claims16
A fixing device comprising a sheet detecting mechanism configured to detect a sheet, wherein the sheet detecting mechanism includes:
- an actuator swinging by being pushed by the sheet;
- a link member swinging in conjunction with the swing of the actuator;
- and
- a detecting part detecting the swing of the link member,
- when a shift of a position of the actuator with respect to the detecting part is caused, the actuator slides with respect to the link member to absorb the shift,
- the fixing device further comprises:
- a first rotating body configured to be rotatable;
- a second rotating body configured to be rotatable and to come in pressure contact with the first rotating body and to form a fixing nip between the first rotating body and the second rotating body;
- a fixing device main body storing the first and second rotating bodies;
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- a guide member configured to be openable and closable to the fixing device main body,
- the actuator is supported swingably by the guide member, and
- the link member is supported swingably by the fixing device main body.
An image forming apparatus comprising a fixing device including a sheet detecting mechanism configured to detect a sheet, wherein the sheet detecting mechanism includes:
- an actuator swinging by being pushed by the sheet;
- a link member swinging in conjunction with the swing of the actuator;
- and
- a detecting part detecting the swing of the link member,
- when a shift of a position of the actuator with respect to the detecting part is caused, the actuator slides with respect to the link member to absorb the shift, and
- the fixing device further includes:
- a first rotating body configured to be rotatable;
- a second rotating body configured to be rotatable and to come in pressure contact with the first rotating body and to form a fixing nip between the first rotating body and the second rotating body;
- a fixing device main body storing the first and second rotating bodies;
- and
- a guide member configured to be openable and closable to the fixing device main body, wherein
- the actuator is supported swingably by the guide member, and
- the link member is supported swingably by the fixing device main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.