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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2017
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yuta Uchiyama, Aichi, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A fusing apparatus, including a base member, a sheet member, a fixing portion, and an endless member, is provided. The sheet member includes a contact portion to contact an inner peripheral surface of the endless member, a first portion having a first hole, and a second portion to be fixed to the base member. The base member includes a first face to support the contact portion, a second face, and an inner face recessed from the second face to form a recessed portion. The fixing portion includes a first engagement portion protruding from the inner face of the recessed portion to be engageable with the first hole, and a holder provided at the first engagement portion to hold a peripheral portion around the first hole in the first portion of the sheet member at a position between the inner face of the recessed portion and the holder.