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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2010
Toru Hayase, Toyokawa, JP;
Kazunori Nishinoue, Toyohashi, JP;
Naoki Yamamoto, Toyohashi, JP;
Hideaki Hayashi, Toyokawa, JP;
Taizou Oonishi, Hachioji, JP;
Norikazu Okabe, Toyokawa, JP;
Toru Hayase, Toyokawa, JP;
Kazunori Nishinoue, Toyohashi, JP;
Naoki Yamamoto, Toyohashi, JP;
Hideaki Hayashi, Toyokawa, JP;
Taizou Oonishi, Hachioji, JP;
Norikazu Okabe, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device has a presser member, a slide member and a pressure belt. Both ends of the presser member are positioned outside both ends of the slide member. Both ends of the slide member are positioned outside both ends of the pressure belt. Thereby, the slide member and the pressure belt are improved in service life, so that the fixing device as a whole is improved in service life.