发明名称 Image forming device having sheet discharge guide
摘要 An image forming device including a main frame, a fixing unit, and a sheet discharge guide. The main frame is formed with a sheet discharge opening. The fixing unit includes a heat member and a pressure member providing a nip portion in cooperation with the heat member to fix a developing agent image onto a sheet at the nip portion. The sheet discharge guide provides a generally U-shaped guide surface configured to turn around the sheet discharged from the fixing unit toward the sheet discharge opening. The sheet discharge guide is displaceable toward and away from the nip portion between a non displaced state and a displaced state. The sheet discharge guide is configured to guide the sheet toward the sheet discharge opening at the non displaced state and the displaced state.
申请公布号 US8929801(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.01.06
申请号 US201113074320 申请日期 2011.03.29
申请人 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 发明人 Ozawa Atsushi
分类号 G03G15/00;B65H29/70 主分类号 G03G15/00
代理机构 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. 代理人 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
主权项 1. An image forming device comprising: a main frame providing an internal space and formed with a sheet discharge opening; a fixing unit provided in the internal space and comprising a heat member, and a pressure member providing a nip portion in cooperation with the heat member; and a sheet discharge guide provided with a U-shaped part having one side and another side, the one side being a depressed guide surface configured to contact and guide a sheet to make a U-turn from the fixing unit toward the sheet discharge opening, the sheet discharge guide being displaceable toward and away from the nip portion between a non-displaced state and a displaced state, the depressed guide surface being configured to contact and guide the sheet toward the sheet discharge opening in the non-displaced state and the displaced state, wherein the sheet discharge guide comprises a first guide fixed to the main frame and a second guide movable relative to the first guide between a first position and a second position, wherein, when the second guide is positioned in the first position, the second guide is positioned closer to the nip portion than the first guide, and, when the second guide is positioned in the second position, the second guide is positioned farther from the nip portion than the first guide, wherein the sheet discharge opening is positioned higher than the fixing unit, wherein the first guide has an arcuate shape and includes a first portion with a first radius of curvature, and wherein the second guide has an arcuate shape and includes a second portion with a second radius of curvature different from the first radius of curvature.
地址 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken JP