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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hirotaka Kanou, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fuser including a fusing roller member configured to heat an unfixed toner image on a recording material, and a pressure roller member making pressure-contact with the fusing roller member, the fuser configured to fix the toner image by passing the recording material through a fusing nip between the fusing roller member and the pressure roller member, includes: an endless belt body constituting an outer peripheral portion of the fusing roller member or the pressure roller member, the endless belt body rotating in a predetermined circumferential path; a pressing member configured to press the fusing nip from the inside of the belt body; a separating member configured to separate the recording material from the belt body; and a tension member abutting on an inside of the belt body for tension, the tension member configured to maintain a gap between the belt body and the separating member.