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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Rikiya Takemasa, Chiba, JP;
Youichi Chikugo, Chiba, JP;
Hidekazu Tatezawa, Saitama, JP;
Kenichi Tanaka, Ibaraki, JP;
Yutaro Tsuno, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Hasegawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroki Kawai, Chiba, JP;
Suguru Takeuchi, Chiba, JP;
Ayano Ogata, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasuharu Toratani, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner image fixing device include a fixing belt; a heating roller training the belt around; a pressing pad of resin material provided inside the belt; a rotatable pressing member contacting the belt and pressing against the pad through the belt to form a nip for nipping and feeding the sheet; a supporting stay supporting the pad and including a surface contacting the pad, one of the pad and the stay being provided with a projection, and the other being provided with a recess engaged with the projection at an engaging position; and a separation plate provided without contact to the belt at a position opposed to the pad downstream of the nip in the sheet feeding direction. A distance between the engaging position and a downstream end of the pad is 0-35% of a length of the pad measured along the feeding direction.