Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixation apparatus and image formation apparatus
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Application No.: US15348429Application Date: 2016-11-10
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Publication No.: US10025240B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Naoki Yamamoto
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JP2015-223023 20151113
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixation apparatus includes a first belt without end, a second belt without end which is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the first belt, a pressurization member which is provided inside the first belt and pressurizes a portion of contact between the first belt and the second belt toward the second belt, a drive roller which is provided inside the second belt along the portion of contact and rotationally drives the second belt, and a heating unit which heats at least one of the first belt and the second belt and provides heat to a transfer target medium passing through the portion of contact. The drive roller is in contact with both of the first belt and the second belt.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170139358A1 FIXATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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