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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2007
Toshihiro Sone, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Takagi, Chofu, JP;
Satoshi Kinouchi, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Yoshinori Tsueda, Fuji, JP;
Tetsuo Kitamura, Mishima, JP;
Hiroshi Nakayama, Mishima, JP;
Yohei Doi, Mishima, JP;
Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Masanori Takai, Izunokuni, JP;
Toyoyasu Kusaka, Izu, JP;
Toshihiro Sone, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Takagi, Chofu, JP;
Satoshi Kinouchi, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Yoshinori Tsueda, Fuji, JP;
Tetsuo Kitamura, Mishima, JP;
Hiroshi Nakayama, Mishima, JP;
Yohei Doi, Mishima, JP;
Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Masanori Takai, Izunokuni, JP;
Toyoyasu Kusaka, Izu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heat roller of a fixing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention has a slidable metal belt on an outer side of an elastic roller. The width of the metal belt is made larger than that of the elastic roller. Flanges, each of which regulates a sliding movement of the metal belt by being in contact with an edge of the metal belt, are provided on both sides of a press roller opposite the metal belt.