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US 9,069,299 B2Granted
Image heating apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKenichi Tanaka
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Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes an image heating unit including a pair of rotatable members between which a sheet is nipped and fed while heating a toner image thereon; and a retracting unit retractable from the image heating unit, the retracting unit including an air discharging portion configured to discharge air for separating the sheet from the rotatable member, and a feeding portion provided with a pair of rotatable members and configured to nip and feed therebetween the sheet heated by the image heating unit.
Claims12
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main assembly of the apparatus provided with an air supply portion configured to supply air, and a main assembly side connector connected to said air supply portion;
- an image heating unit including a pair of rotatable members between which a sheet is nipped and fed while heating a toner image thereon;
- a retracting unit retractable from said image heating unit, said retracting unit including an air discharging portion configured to discharge air for separating the sheet from at least one of said rotatable members, and a feeding portion provided with a pair of rotatable members and configured to nip and feed therebetween the sheet heated by said image heating unit;
- a drawing unit supporting said image heating unit and said retracting unit and drawable relative to said main assembly of the apparatus;
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- a unit side connector provided on said retracting unit and connectable to said main assembly side connector with an operation of inserting said drawing unit into said main assembly of the apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.