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Patent No.:

US 9329543 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2015

Fixing device comprising supporting member having supporting face configured to come into contact with inner circumference face of fixing belt and image forming apparatus including the same

Applicant:

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshiharu Kanematsu, Osaka, JP;

Yoshihiro Yamagishi, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

Studebaker & Brackett PC

Primary Examiner:

David Gray

Assistant Examiner:

Laura Roth

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2022 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2029 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2041 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2064 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a heating member, a pressing member and a supporting member. The heating member is arranged rotatably around a rotation axis and configured such that the fixing belt is sandwiched between the heating member and the pressuring member. The pressing member is configured to press the fixing belt to a side of the pressuring member and configured such that the fixing belt is sandwiched between the pressing member and the pressuring member. The supporting member has a supporting face configured to come into contact with the inner circumference face of the fixing belt. The supporting face is inclined toward inside in a radial direction of the fixing belt from both end sides to a center side of the fixing belt in the rotation axis direction.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kanematsu, Yoshiharu. (2016). Fixing device comprising supporting member having supporting face configured to come into contact with inner circumference face of fixing belt and image forming apparatus including the same (U.S. Patent No. 9329543). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9329543

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