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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2013
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Yabuki, Minato-ku, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing member is rotatably supported. A first pressing member faces the fixing member. A running member runs while being sandwiched between the fixing member and the first pressing member. A first mechanism urges the first pressing member against the fixing member, defining a first nip between the fixing member and the running member. A second pressing member presses the running member against the fixing member. A second mechanism includes a holding member that holds the second pressing member and an urging member therein, and urges the second pressing member against the fixing member with the running member sandwiched therebetween, defining a second nip, adjacent to the first nip, between the fixing member and the running member. The second pressing member and the holding member abut each other through a plurality of projections formed on at least one of the second pressing member and second pressing mechanism.