IP Library Granted Patent US 8,374,534
Granted Patent B2
US 8,374,534 · App. 12/854,591 · Granted Feb 12, 2013

Heating device and image forming apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,374,534
App. No.
12/854,591
Granted
Feb 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heating device includes: a heating member that heats a recording medium; a pressure member that forms a heating pressure portion between the pressure member and the heating member by coming into pressure contact with the heating member, the heating pressure portion passing through the recording medium; a tensioning member that is placed to face the pressure member with the heating member interposed therebetween, and that provides a tension to the heating member; and a guide member that guides the recording medium having passed through the heating pressure portion, and that is movable between a first secure position and a second secure position.

Claims (43)

1. A heating device comprising:

a heating member that heats a recording medium;

a pressure member that forms a heating pressure portion between the pressure member and the heating member by coming into pressure contact with an outer circumferential surface of the heating member, the heating pressure portion passing through the recording medium;

a tensioning member that is placed to face the pressure member with the heating member interposed therebetween, and that provides a tension to the heating member; and

a guide member that guides the recording medium having passed through the heating pressure portion, and that is movable between a first position and a second position,

wherein the guide member rotates around a rotation axis of the pressure member, thereby moving between the first position and the second position.

2. The heating device according to claim 1 , wherein the guide member includes:

a plate member that guides the recording medium;

a pawl member that is attached to the plate member, the pawl member entering between the pressure member and the recording medium to peel the recording medium from the pressure member; and

an attachment member that is coupled to a rotation axis of the pressure member to allow the guide member to be rotatable around the rotation axis of the pressure member.

3. The heating device according to claim 2 , wherein the heating member, the tensioning member and a peeling member are enabled to be separated from the pressure member as one piece.

4. The heating device according to claim 3 , wherein the first position is a position where the guide member guides the recording medium, and the second position is a position to which the guide member is retracted.

5. The heating device according to claim 2 , wherein the first position is a position where the guide member guides the recording medium, and the second position is a position to which the guide member is retracted.

6. The heating device according to claim 1 , wherein the guide member includes:

a plate member that guides the recording medium;

a pawl member that is attached to the plate member, the pawl member entering between the pressure member and the recording medium to peel the recording medium from the pressure member; and

an attachment member that is coupled to a rotation axis of the pressure member to allow the guide member to be rotatable around the rotation axis of the pressure member.

7. The heating device according to claim 6 , wherein the heating member, the tensioning member and a peeling member are enabled to be separated from the pressure member as one piece.

8. The heating device according to claim 7 , wherein the first position is a position where the guide member guides the recording medium, and the second position is a position to which the guide member is retracted.

9. The heating device according to claim 6 , wherein the first position is a position where the guide member guides the recording medium, and the second position is a position to which the guide member is retracted.

10. The heating device according to claim 1 , wherein the heating member, the tensioning member and a peeling member are enabled to be separated from the pressure member as one piece.

11. The heating device according to claim 10 , wherein the first position is a position where the guide member guides the recording medium, and the second position is a position to which the guide member is retracted.

12. The heating device according to claim 1 , wherein the heating member, the tensioning member and a peeling member are enabled to be separated from the pressure member as one piece.

13. The heating device according to claim 12 , wherein the first position is a position where the guide member guides the recording medium, and the second position is a position to which the guide member is retracted.

14. The heating device according to claim 1 , wherein the first position is a position where the guide member guides the recording medium, and the second position is a position to which the guide member is retracted.

15. The heating device according to claim 1 , wherein the first position is a position where the guide member guides the recording medium, and the second position is a position to which the guide member is retracted.

16. The heating device according to claim 1 , further comprising a peeling member that is placed in a region downstream of the heating pressure portion, in a direction in which the recording medium proceeds, and at a position adjacent to the tensioning member, the peeling member peeling the recording medium from the heating member.

17. The heating device according to claim 1 , further comprising a peeling guide member that regulates a direction in which the recording medium proceeds, the recording medium having been guided by the guide member.

18. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image forming unit that forms an image;

a transfer unit that transfers the image formed by the image forming unit onto a recording medium; and

a heating unit including:

a heating member that heats the recording medium;

a pressure member that forms a heating pressure portion between the pressure member and the heating member by coming into pressure contact with an outer circumferential surface of the heating member, the heating pressure portion passing through the recording medium;

a tensioning member that is placed to face the pressure member with the heating member interposed therebetween, and that provides a tension to the heating member; and

a guide member that guides the recording medium having passed through the heating pressure portion, and that is movable between a first position and a second position,

wherein the guide member rotates around a rotation axis of the pressure member, thereby moving between the first position and the second position.

19. A heating device comprising

a heating member that heats a recording medium;

a pressure member that forms a heating pressure portion between the pressure member and the heating member by coming into pressure contact with an outer circumferential surface of the heating member, the heating pressure portion passing through the recording medium;

a tensioning member that is placed to face the pressure member with the heating member interposed therebetween, and that provides a tension to the heating member; and

a guide member that guides the recording medium having passed through the heating pressure portion, and that is movable between a first position and a second position; and

a secure member that secures the guide member to the first secure position or the second secure position.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
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