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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2005
Tatsuho Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Noboru Oishi, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuho Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Noboru Oishi, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To prevent a defective fusing from occurring, a fusing member has a roller; a fusing belt heated and rendered to drive along a circumference of the roller; a pressure member disposed outside the fusing belt and rendered in pressurized contact with the roller through the fusing belt; and a pushing member disposed inside the fusing belt, as arranged together with and at an upstream side from the roller in a driving direction of the fusing belt, and rendered in pressurized contact with the pressure member through the fusing belt. The fusing belt and the pressure member compose a contact area for allowing a recording medium to pass through. The pushing member is disposed inside the fusing belt as arranged together with and on an upstream side with respect to the roller in a driving direction of the fusing belt, so that the contact becomes wider.