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(11) EP 0 372 518 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.11.1990 Bulletin 1990/45

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.06.1990 Bulletin 1990/24

(21) Application number: 89122471.9

(22) Date of filing: 06.12.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G03G 15/20
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 07.12.1988 JP 307929/88
28.03.1989 JP 73795/89
31.10.1989 JP 285899/89
31.10.1989 JP 285900/89

(71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Okuda, Koichi
    Kita-ku Tokyo (JP)
  • Tomoyuki, Yoji
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Miyamoto, Toshio
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Araya, Junji
    Tsurumi-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Ohzeki, Yukihiro
    Chiba-ken (JP)
  • Saito, Masanobu
    Midori-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Nakamura, Shunji
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Ohtsuka, Yasumasa
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Ishiyama, Tatsunori
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Nishimura, Katsuhiko
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Hayakawa, Akira
    Machida-shi Tokyo (JP)
  • Sato, Yasushi
    Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Nakahata, Kimio
    Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Tiedtke, Harro, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
80336 München
80336 München (DE)


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    (54) Fixing apparatus


    (57) The present invention relates to a fixing apparatus having a pair of rotary members for pinching and conveying a supporting material bearing a non-fixed toner image thereon, thereby fixing the non-fixed toner image on the supporting material and wherein a rectifier element is connected to at least one of the rotary members in a predetermined orientation, whereby the present invention prevent a toner offset that the toner on the supporting material is adhered to the rotary members.






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