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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2019
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Shoko Gon, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The fixing device () includes the fixing belt (), the pressuring roller () and the pad (). The pad () sandwiches the belt () with the roller () to form the fixing nip. The pad () is extended in the nip width direction, and the pressing face () has the first and second curved faces () and () at upstream and downstream sides in the sheet conveyance direction. The first and second curved faces () and () are formed arch-like curved to the roller () toward upstream and downstream sides. The first and second curved faces () and () continue at the inflection point (B) near the intersection point of the extending line (A) parallel to the pressuring direction and through the rotation center of the roller () on the pressing face (). The first curved face () has the curvature radius (Ra) larger than the second curved face ().