Patent ID: 7761043
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus including a pressing roller and a heating roller to press against each other with a sheet of printing paper to be transferred therebetween, the apparatus comprising: a roller frame to support the heating roller; a separation claw, which, when disposed in an operational position on an outer circumferential surface of the heating roller, separates the sheet of printing paper from the heating roller; a claw frame to support the separation claw, which is detachably attached to the roller frame to allow the separation claw to move between the operational position and a withdrawal position, at which the separation claw is withdrawn from the operational position; and an elastic member, which is disposed between the claw frame and the roller frame, to press the claw frame to bias the separation claw to move from the withdrawal position to the operational position.