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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuo Yasui, Saitama, JP;
Junichi Moteki, Abiko, JP;
Akiyoshi Shinagawa, Kasukabe, JP;
Takuma Tadomi, Toride, JP;
Ikuo Nakamoto, Matsudo, JP;
Toru Katsumi, Toride, JP;
Takahiro Ohnishi, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing unit includes an endless belt, a heating unit configured to heat the belt, a pressure rotary member configured to form a fixing nip portion that nips and conveys a recording material with the belt, a pad configured to press the belt toward the pressure rotary member, a sliding sheet provided on the pad and configured to slide against the belt, a plate-like member configured to fix the sliding sheet to the pad, the sliding sheet being fixed in a manner sandwiched between the plate-like member and the pad, and fixing tools configured to fix the plate-like member at a plurality of positions along a longitudinal direction of the plate-like member. A width of the sliding sheet is wider than a width of the fixing nip portion and narrower than a width of the plate-like member in the longitudinal direction.