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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2018
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Dong Kyun Kim, Suwon-Si, KR;
Bong Hee Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Seong Yul Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Se Min An, Suwon-si, KR;
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A fixing device includes a pressing roller, a fixing belt disposed to be rotated by the pressing roller around a rotation axis of the fixing belt, a pressing member disposed within the fixing belt and to press a portion of the fixing belt toward the pressing roller, a pair of rotation ring members to support corresponding ends of the fixing belt respectively and being rotated by the fixing belt, and a pair of flange members to rotatably support the pair of the rotation ring members respectively, in which a rotation ring member of the pair of rotation ring members is an inclined state towards the fixing belt on a corresponding flange member, in which, with respect to the rotational axis of the fixing belt, an area of the rotation ring member opposite to a contacting area of the rotation member contacting with the pressed portion of the fixing belt protrudes more toward the fixing belt than the contacting area.