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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shutaro Saito, Tokyo, 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;
Keisuke Yoshida, Chiba, JP;
Yuya Yamada, Chiba, JP;
Kenichi Tanaka, Ibaraki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing apparatus includes a belt, a steering roller, a slide member, and a pressing rotation member that forms a nip portion by pressing the belt and is disposed to face the slide member. The belt applies heat to a recording material and has an inner circumferential surface that receives a lubricant applied onto the inner circumferential surface. The pressing rotation member fixes a toner image onto the recording material by applying heat and pressure to an unfixed toner image in the nip portion, in cooperation with the belt. An end portion of the belt on one end side in a belt width direction takes a position outside an end portion of the slide member on the one end side and a position inside the end portion of the slide member on the one end side while the steering roller is in operation.