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Patent No.:

US 12717256 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2023

Fixing device and image forming apparatus

Applicant:

Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takuma Ishihara, Kanagawa, JP;

Takashi Matsubara, Kanagawa, JP;

Takashi Ohashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Hina Saito, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Ryan D Walsh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2032 (2013.01); G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2003 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2035 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2038 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fixing device includes an endless belt, a fixing member that presses the belt against a recording medium holding an unfixed image to fix the unfixed image onto the recording medium, a restorer that is pressed against a surface of the belt after the image is fixed to restore the surface of the belt to a state before a fixing operation, and a changer that changes a pressing load of the restorer in accordance with a difference in a state of the surface of the belt between before the fixing operation and after the fixing operation.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Ishihara, Takuma. (2026). Fixing device and image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 12717256). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12717256

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