| US 7,463,857 B2 | ||
| Fixing device with peeling member for an image forming apparatus | ||
| Motofumi Baba, Kanagawa (Japan); and Yasuhiro Uehara, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/354,007. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. P2005-248180 (JP), filed on Aug. 29, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0048035 A1, Mar. 01, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—323 | 21 Claims |
| 1. A fixing device for fixing a toner image on a recording material, comprising:
a rotatable endless belt member;
a pressure member provided to press into contact and form a nip portion with the belt member, through which the recording
material passes; and
a peeling member provided downstream of the nip portion, peeling the recording material passed through the nip portion from
the belt member,
wherein the peeling member peels the recording material from the belt member earlier at the widthwise middle portion than
at the both end portions of the belt member.
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