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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Michiaki Endo, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt unit for forming a heating nip portion configured to heat a toner image in cooperation with a rotary member facing the belt unit, includes an endless belt, an nip forming member provided along a longitudinal direction of the endless belt on an inner side of the endless belt and configured to contact to an inner surface of the endless belt for forming the heating nip portion, a regulation member configured to regulate a position of the endless belt in the longitudinal direction, and a snap-fit unit formed of the nip forming member and the regulation member and configured to regulate the regulation member from being disengaged from the nip forming member.