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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2005
Applicant:
Koji Takahashi, Toyokawa, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Takahashi, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a fixing unit which drivingly rotates an endless fixing belt having a lubricant applied to an inside surface thereof and which presses the fixing belt against a recording medium formed with a toner image thereon thereby fixing the toner image to the recording medium, the inside surface of the fixing belt is formed with a plurality of grooves extended along a circumferential direction of the fixing belt or extended from a widthwise center of the fixing belt toward the opposite ends thereof as inclined in a moving direction of the fixing belt.