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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Tanaka, Ibaraki, JP;
Youichi Chikugo, Chiba, JP;
Hidekazu Tatezawa, Saitama, JP;
Rikiya Takemasa, Chiba, JP;
Takeshi Kozuma, Tokyo, JP;
Mikihiko Watanabe, Ibaraki, JP;
Taku Ashida, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing apparatus includes a fixing belt, a slide member, an opposing member, and a retaining member. The retaining member includes, in a groove portion, a bottom surface portion that is in contact with an opposite surface of the slide member from a slide surface, a side surface portion that is formed on a downstream side of the groove portion in a conveyance direction and intersecting the bottom surface portion, and a continuous portion that is formed between the bottom surface portion and the side surface portion. The slide member includes an abutment portion configured to abut against the side surface portion at a position downstream from a downstream edge of the opposite surface when the slide member is slidden against the fixing belt such that the downstream edge of the opposite surface is positioned upstream from the continuous portion in the conveyance direction.