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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:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tadao Uehara, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a heat roller, a fixing roller, a press roller pressed against the fixing roller, and endless belt passed over the heat roller and fixing roller, and a tension roller applying tension to the endless belt. The heat roller, fixing roller, endless belt and tension roller are constructed into a unit member, which is removably mounted to the apparatus body.