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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yasumasa Fujii, Anjo, JP;
Tokifumi Tanaka, Komaki, JP;
Hirofumi Kuriki, Nagoya, JP;
Masahito Kajita, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Takeuchi, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Handa, Inazawa, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a fuser including: a cylindrical member; an endless belt; a pressing member; a pressing roller; and a lateral guide contacting a lateral end of the endless belt. A part of an outer circumferential surface of the pressing roller is located on a downstream of the second nip area in a first direction. A guide surface of the lateral guide has: a first guide surface located on an opposite side to the pressing roller with respect to a virtual plane including the center of a first nip area and the center of rotation of the cylindrical member, and a second guide surface located on a side of the pressing roller with respect to the virtual plane, located on the downstream side of the rotation axis of the pressing roller in the first direction, and arranged on a same plane as the first guide surface.