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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eiichi Sano, Takatsuki, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399329 ; 399331 ;
Abstract
A belt-type fixing device includes a rotatably supported endless belt and a outer roller arranged outside the belt in contact therewith. Arranged inside the belt are a heater and an inner roller which are forced at respective pressures to the outer roller through the belt. Pressure of the inner roller to the outer roller is adjusted to be greater than that of the heater to the outer roller.