Image forming apparatus and fixing device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10073394
APP PUB NO 20180011436A1
SERIAL NO

15452987

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An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a transfer unit that transfers an image carried by the image carrier to a continuous medium; a fixing device including a first fixing member that contacts the continuous medium and heats the image transferred to the continuous medium and a second fixing member that is disposed so as to face the first fixing member with the continuous medium therebetween and presses the image, the fixing device fixing the image transferred to the continuous medium, the fixing device being configured so that the first fixing member and the second fixing member are capable of contacting or separating from each other; and a separation member that contacts the continuous medium and separates the continuous medium from the first fixing member when the first fixing member and the second fixing member separate from each other.

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FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP7-3 AKASAKA 9-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sato, Kunihiko Kanagawa, JP 92 952
Sugitani, Kazutoshi Kanagawa, JP 19 97
Yamada, Kosuke Kanagawa, JP 53 148

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