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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2021
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuna Taguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Tomonori Watanabe, Ichinomiya, JP;
Kenji Takeuchi, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Handa, Inazawa, JP;
Mingguang Zhang, Nagoya, JP;
Shuhei Fukue, Nagoya, JP;
Hirotaka Imaeda, Komaki, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A device includes a rotator, a belt facing the rotator and having an outer peripheral surface which contacts the rotator to form a nip therebetween, a first pad configured to press the belt toward the rotator to form one part of the nip, a second pad configured to press the belt toward the rotator, to form another part of the nip, a holder holding the first pad and the second pad, a stay supporting the holder, and an urging member urging the stay toward the rotator in an urging direction. The second pad is located upstream of the first pad in a conveyance direction in the nip orthogonal to the urging direction. At least a portion of a contact area between the stay and the holder is located downstream of a center of the nip and upstream of a front edge of the first pad in the conveyance direction.