Patent ID: 8938173
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing apparatus for fixing an image formed on the recording material, comprising: a fixing rotatable member configured to form a fixing nip; a plurality of wrapping preventing members, each provided downstream of the fixing nip with respect to a feeding direction of the recording material, configured to prevent the recording material from wrapping around said fixing rotatable member, wherein when the recording material is jammed downstream of the fixing nip, said wrapping preventing members move to narrow the space from said fixing rotatable member to the wrapping preventing members by being pushed by the jammed recording material, wherein said wrapping preventing members are arranged in a direction parallel with a generatrix direction of said fixing rotatable member; wherein each of said wrapping preventing members includes a connecting portion, and wherein each of said connecting portions is configured to connect adjacent ones of said wrapping preventing members to move, so that when one of said wrapping preventing members is pushed by the jammed recording material to narrow the space, another one of said wrapping preventing members that is adjacent to the one of said wrapping preventing members is pushed by the one of said wrapping preventing members to narrow the space.