US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Sept. 16 for "Fixing device including discharge guide guiding sheet passed through pressurized region and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,889, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Fixing device including discharge guide guiding sheet passed through pressurized region and image forming apparatus" was invented by Masakazu Uehara (Osaka, Japan) and Tomohiro Watatani (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressure roller, a discharge rollers pair, a discharge guide, and an actuator. The fixing member is heated by a heat source. The pressure roller forms a pressurized region. The discharge rollers pair includes an upper roller and a lower roller, and conveys the sheet passed t...