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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Mitani, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Nishida, Numazu, JP;
Hideo Nanataki, Yokohama, JP;
Akimichi Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Shogo Kan, Yokohama, JP;
Kensuke Umeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Takaaki Akamatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion; and a fixing portion. The fixing portion includes a cylindrical film, a nip-forming member and a roller including a shaft portion and an elastic layer. The elastic layer contacts an outer surface of the film except an end region of the film with respect to a generatrix direction. In the end region, the shaft portion and the outer surface of the film oppose each other with a spatial region with respect to a radial direction of the shaft portion. The image forming apparatus includes a spacer occupying at least a part of the spatial region.