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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Takayuki Horie, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2021 (2013.01); G03G 21/206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing apparatus can include a heater roller, a tension roller, a belt movable from the heater roller to the tension roller, a pressure roller to make pressure contact with the heater roller via the belt to form a fixing nip, and a blower member including a first opening to direct air toward the belt and a second opening to direct air toward the heater roller.