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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Kotatsu Kawaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Yamagishi, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Eiki, Osaka, JP;
Takefumi Yotsutsuji, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2035 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a fixing device including a pair of end deformation restraint members. A restraint bodyof the end deformation restraint member has an insertion partwhich is inserted into both end portions of a fixing belt, and restrains deformation of belt end portions by holding both end portions of the fixing belt, which slides on an outer peripheral surface of the insertion part, from inside in the insertion part. The insertion partis continued in a belt rotation direction with no gap.