Patent ID: 11966184
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a transfer unit configured to transfer the image onto the recording medium; and
a fixing unit including a first rotary member as the first member and a second rotary member as the second member, the first rotary member and the second rotary member forming a nip portion, the fixing unit being configured to fix the image having been transferred onto the recording medium by the transfer unit onto the recording medium by heat at the nip portion,
wherein the first position is a position where an outer peripheral surface of the first rotary member and an outer peripheral surface of the second rotary member are in contact with each other, and
wherein the second position is a position where the outer peripheral surface of the first rotary member and the outer peripheral surface of the second rotary member are separated from each other.