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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Noboru Oishi, Tokyo, JP;
Teruo Soeda, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Noboru Oishi, Tokyo, JP;
Teruo Soeda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fusing device includes a belt, a first stretching member contacting an inner circumference of the belt and stretching the belt tightly, a heating member having a heating element on the surface, a second stretching member having a heating member facing part that faces the heating member and a curved surface part that faces the belt, and stretching the belt tightly with the first stretching member.