View source for FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS: abstract simplified (18321091)

*This abstract for appeared for patent application  number 18321091 Titled 'FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS'

==Simplified Explanation==

This abstract describes a fixing apparatus used in a printing or copying machine. The apparatus consists of two rotating members, a holding member, and a guide member. When the opening/closing member is closed, the fixing apparatus is not visible from the outside. However, when the opening/closing member is opened, the fixing apparatus becomes visible. The distance between the holding member and the guide member is shorter when the opening/closing member is opened compared to when it is closed.


==Original Abstract Submitted==

A first rotating member a heating recording medium, a second rotating member forming a nip portion with the first rotating member, a holding member disposed downstream of the nip portion in a conveying direction and holds a conveying member conveying the recording medium, and a guide member facing the conveying member, the fixing apparatus is not exposed to an outside when opening/closing member is in a closed state, the fixing apparatus is exposed to the outside when the opening/closing member is in an opened state. A distance between the holding member being in the closed state and at a first position and the guide member is a first distance. A distance between the holding member being in the opened state and at a second position and the guide member is a second distance, and the second distance is shorter than the first distance.