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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:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a sliding member, and a pressure member which, together with the sliding member, forms a nip part, wherein a sliding surface of the nip part of the sliding member is crown shaped along a longitudinal direction of the sliding member, and the pressure roller is an inverse crown shape along the longitudinal direction. In accordance therewith, wrinkles in a recording material and springing-up of a conveying direction of the recording material can be suppressed.