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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Tokifumi Tanaka, Komaki, JP;
Hiroshi Handa, Inazawa, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/22 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/03 (2006.01); B41J 2/44 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/22 (2013.01); B41J 2/442 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 13/03 (2013.01); G03G 15/206 (2013.01); G03G 15/2053 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a fuser including: an endless belt; a contacting member contacting an outer peripheral surface of the endless belt; a pressure roller contacting an inner peripheral surface of the endless belt and sandwiching the endless belt together with the contacting member; and a sliding contact member making sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the endless belt. The pressure roller includes a first porous layer impregnated with a lubricating agent, in a place contacting the inner peripheral surface of the endless belt.