Abstract: In a belt type fixing apparatus having a heat roller temperature sensor that detects the temperature of a heat roller that contains a heater for heating a fixing belt, and a fixing belt temperature sensor that is set to contact a pressure roller and indirectly detects the temperature of the fixing belt, the heater that heats the fixing belt is controlled in such a way that the temperature detected by the heat roller temperature sensor matches the target temperature of the heat roller that is set based on the temperature detected by the fixing belt temperature sensor.

Abstract: A heating device comprises an endless rotary member, a resistance heating member, a current receiver member provided at the endless rotary member and a current supply member being in contact with the current receiver member.In a form, the current supply member is made of a sintered material containing copper and carbon, and a content of the copper in the sintered material is in a range from 55% to 80% by weight.In another form, a contact surface of the current receiver member is formed of a material harder than the current supply member. The contact surface of the current receiver member and the contact surface of the current supply member have surface roughnesses satisfying a relationship of (surface roughness of the current receiver member).ltoreq.(surface roughness of the current supply member). The surface roughness Ra of the current receiver member is in a range from 0.3 .mu.m to 5.5 .mu.m. The surface roughness Ra of the current supply member is equal to or smaller than 5.5 .mu.m.

Abstract: A heating device comprises an endless rotary member having a peripheral surface to be moved rotatively, a resistance heating member arranged at the peripheral surface of the rotary member and generating a heat when supplied with an electric current, a current receiver member arranged in a space inside the rotary member and electrically connected to the resistance heating member, and a current supply member being in contact with the current receiver member and to be electrically connected to a power source.A heating rotary member for the heating device comprising the endless rotary member, the resistance heating member, and the current receiver member.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes a fixing belt that pressure-thermally fixes unfixed toner images on sheets, and an oil coating roller that holds silicone oil for preventing the offset phenomenon to be coated on the fixing belt. The oil coating roller consists of an inner oil holding layer formed of paper and a surface oil holding layer formed of aramid fibers. The oil diffusing capacity and the oil holding capacity are reduced from the inner oil holding layer toward the surface oil holding layer. Thus, it is possible to suppress the oil coating amount in the initial period of the roller life to a level that does not cause problems such as oil stains, increase the oil coating amount in the final period of the roller life to a level that does not cause problems such as offsets, and prevent image noises.

Abstract: The present invention provides a drive device having slip stoppers that can reliably prevent skewed movement of or damage to a belt.The drive device pertaining to the present invention has a roller, a drive roller, a belt that is suspended and moves over these rollers, and slip stoppers that are mounted to the roller and prevent the belt from moving in a skewed fashion. The slip stopper comprises a base into which the roller is inserted, a first wall that is located on the edge of the base that faces the belt and that is essentially perpendicular to the inner surface of the base and a second wall that extends outward continuously from the first wall and is tilted toward the other edge of the base.

Abstract: A temperature detecting device in which a sensor is lightly pressed against a rotating member for temperature detection and kept precisely in a desired position. A swing frame having a free end at its one end facing the rotating member is rotatably mounted on a shaft parallel to a shaft of the rotating member. The sensor is supported by the free end of the swing frame and brought into contact with the rotating member by the resiliency of plate springs provided in the swing frame.

Abstract: A copying machine which has a function to contain sheets, each of which has an image on a first side, in a refeeding unit and refeed the sheets for forming an image on a second side. The refeeding unit has an intermediate tray, a pick-up roller for refeeding the sheets one by one and a containing section for feeding the sheets to the intermediate tray. Each of the sheets is fed into the intermediate tray by a first or a second roller of the containing section. The containing section is movable along a transporting way and set at such a position that the first and the second roller are positioned corresponding to the size of sheets to be contained in the intermediate tray.

Abstract: A separating pawl is attached to a fixed portion around a rotatable member, and a separating end of the separating pawl extends from a fixed end of the separating pawl onto a circumferential surface of the rotatable member. A portion between the separating end and the fixed end of the separating pawl forms a convex arch in the same direction as that of the rotatable member. A pressing plate is attached to the fixed portion around the rotatable member, and is brought in contact with the convex side of the separating pawl so that the separating end of the separating pawl comes in contact with the rotatable member to press the separating pawl for performing a sheet separating operation.

Abstract: A sheet reversing apparatus which has a take-in path, a reversing path which extends from the take-in path in a substantially same direction, a take-out path which extends from a junction of the take-in path and the reversing path in a substantially perpendicular direction to the extending direction of the reversing path. A sheet is fed from the take-in path to the reversing path, and when the trailing edge of the sheet comes out of the take-in path, the sheet is fed back from the reversing path to the take-out path. In an entrance portion of the reversing path, a first reversing roller which is driven to rotate in a feed-back direction toward the take-in path and a second reversing roller which is capable of coming into contact with and moving away from the first reversing roller are provided.

Abstract: A method for establishing electrical connection of a pressure-connector terminal by forming a plurality of divided terminals by providing a plurality of grooves on a connecting surface of a pressure-connector terminal used for TAB connection and COG connection, placing such divided connecting surfaces in contact with a connecting surface of an opposed terminal electrode, imperfectly hardening a bonding material under such condition, deforming a divided terminal by applying pressure and thereafter perfectly hardening the bonding material and a configuration of the pressure-connector terminal are disclosed.

Abstract: A fixing device for use in copiers. First and second rotatable members are in contact with each other so as to form a nip region through which a substrate is transported to fix a toner image, supported thereon, by heat and pressure. The fixing device is so constructed that the position of the nip region between the rotatable members is angularly displaced in accordance with the amount of anticipated or actual curl of the substrate.

Abstract: An original document cover device having a document cover which can be opened and closed in relation to an original document platen, a pressing member which is movable between an operating position in the document placement region of the document platen and non-operating position outside said document placement region, a support member which is rotatably mounted at one end to the edge of the said document cover and mounted at the other end to said pressing member so as to support said pressing member, said pressing member moving from the operating position to the non-operating position on the original document platen in accordance with the closing action of said document cover.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a primary passage extending from a feeding unit which stores sheets up to a discharge tray which receives sheets with images formed thereon through an image forming unit which forms images on the sheet, and a secondary passage for returning each sheet which has been image-formed within the image forming unit to an upstream end of the primary passage from a downstream end thereof to form another image on the already image-formed side of the sheet or on the opposite side thereof. The secondary passage is formed so that in the event of jam or sheet therein, a portion of the secondary passage is exposed to the exterior by means of a guide plate capable of being opened and closed.

Abstract: A printing system for transferring powder images formed on a photo-sensitive drum to a printing sheet at a transferring station, into which the sheet is fed at a predetermined speed. The transferred powder images are fixed onto the sheet at a fixing station, while the transferred sheet is moved at a different speed. The transferred sheet is transported by a belt conveyor from the transferring station to the fixing station and is detected by a sensor located at a position between the transferring station and the belt conveyor, whose speed is controlled in accordance with data detected by the sensor.

Abstract: A device for removing residual toner and other particulate materials deposited on the peripheral surface of a roller in a toner image fixing unit includes a thin perforated member in pressure engagement with the peripheral surface. The perforations are large enough to permit the passage therethrough of the particulate materials, are arranged so that their longitudinal extensions along the direction of advance of the peripheral surface are at least transversely continuous and the perforation edges opposed to the peripheral surface direction of advance are at an angle to such direction. The perforations may be of different shapes, circular, elliptical, triangular, etc. and a receiving receptacle is positioned below the cleaning device.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus for use in a copying machine and the like which includes upper and lower fixing rollers suitably heated and contacting each other for simultaneous rotation to define a path between them through which copy paper sheets to be fixed pass, applicator member for applying offset prevention solution to one of the fixing rollers, and a smoothing roller with oil absorbing property arranged to contact under pressure the surface of the one of the fixing rollers applied with the offset prevention solution for simultaneous rotation. The smoothing roller is arranged to function to absorb excessive offset prevention solution applied onto the surface of the one of the fixing rollers and also to uniformly distribute the offset prevention solution adhering to the surface of the one of the fixing rollers.

Abstract: A fixing device for an electrophotographic copying machine which includes a pair of rollers forming a nip therebetween through which the copy paper passes and an applicator which is capable of feeding a sufficient quantity of offset-preventing liquid only to the portion of the rollers where the leading end of the copy paper, will contact with the supply of offset-printing liquid to the remaining portion of the rollers being minimized to a quantity necessary for the preventing of offset. The consumption of offset-preventing liquid is reduced and the swelling of the silicone rubber coatings on the rollers, when used, is inhibited.