The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Makino, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a detecting device including a contact portion contacting one end of an endless belt with respect to a widthwise direction, an urging portion for urging the contact portion toward the one end of the endless belt with respect to the widthwise direction, and a sensor for detecting a position of the contact portion. The detecting device detects a position of the endless belt with respect to the widthwise direction depending on an output of the sensor. A displacing device displaces one end of the roller with respect to a longitudinal direction depending on the position of the endless belt detected by the detecting device. Before rotation of the endless belt is started, the displacing device displaces the one end of the roller with respect to the longitudinal direction so that the contact portion moves against an urging force of the urging portion upon the start of rotation.