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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masahito Kajita, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A nip member is disposed inside the endless belt and elongated in a longitudinal direction. A backup member sandwiches the endless belt against the nip member to form a nip portion at which the backup member and the endless belt are in contact with each other and configured to convey a recording sheet in a conveying direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A downstream end of the nip portion in the conveying direction is arced with a longitudinal center portion thereof further upstream than longitudinal end portions thereof. The nip member includes a first portion sandwiching the endless belt against the backup member, and a second portion positioned downstream of the first portion in the conveying direction and bent in a direction away from the backup member. The second portion is arced with a longitudinal center portion thereof further upstream in the conveying direction than longitudinal end portions thereof.