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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Yoshida, Chiba, JP;
Youichi Chikugo, Chiba, JP;
Kenichi Tanaka, Ibaraki, JP;
Hidekazu Tatezawa, Saitama, JP;
Rikiya Takemasa, Chiba, JP;
Takeshi Kozuma, Tokyo, JP;
Mikihiko Watanabe, Ibaraki, JP;
Taku Ashida, Chiba, JP;
Shutaro Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Yuya Yamada, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing apparatus includes a belt, a rotary member, a pad member, and a slide member. A distance in the conveyance direction between a first position and a second position is 3.0 mm or less. The first position is a downstream edge of a tip of a projection positioned most downstream in a direction of rotation of the belt. The second position is an upstream edge, in the direction of rotation of the belt, of the guide portion that contacts with the inner circumference surface of the belt. A distance in the pressing direction between a third position and a fourth position is 0.4 mm or more and 2.0 mm or less. The third position is the tip of the projection positioned most downstream in the direction of rotation of the belt. The fourth position is the same position as the second position.