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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Naoyuki Ishida, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Kitagawa, Kadoma, JP;
Akihiro Kondo, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fixing deviceaccording to the present invention has an endless-shaped heating belt, a first and a second rollerandfor stretching the heating belt, and a pressure rollerfor nipping paper, together with the heating belt. The first rolleris supported so as to be rotatable by bearingsarranged at both ends of the first roller. The second rolleris supported so as to be rotatable by bearingsarranged at both ends of the second roller. The bearingfor supporting the first rolleris arranged more inward in an axial direction Zof the rollers than the bearingfor supporting the second roller