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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Tokifumi Tanaka, Komaki, JP;
Kenji Takeuchi, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2017 (2013.01); G03G 15/206 (2013.01); B65H 29/12 (2013.01); B65H 2404/265 (2013.01); G03G 15/2028 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a belt support surrounded by the belt, and a sliding sheet configured to be pinched at the nip between an inner peripheral surface of the belt and the belt support. The belt support is configured to form a nip with the rotator. One of the belt support and the sliding sheet includes a hook engaging portion. The hook engaging portion includes an aperture. The other of the belt support and the sliding sheet includes a hook engaged to the aperture.