Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixation device with endless belt and rollers and image forming apparatus having the same
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Application No.: US15899545Application Date: 2018-02-20
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Publication No.: US10209650B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Shigeru Tsunoda
- Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Metrolexis Law Group, PLLC
- Priority: JP2017-035801 20170228
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; B29C47/62

Abstract:
A fixation device includes: an endless belt member; a first roller arranged inside the belt member; a second roller arranged outside the belt member and biased toward the first roller via the belt member; and a pressure member is biased toward the second roller via the belt member. A facing surface of the pressure member that faces the second roller includes a first flat section and a second flat section that intersect at an intersecting portion. A first end portion of the first flat section on the opposite side to the intersecting portion, a second end portion of the second flat section on the opposite side to the intersecting portion, and the intersecting portion are on an imaginary arc in a cross-section. A radius R of the imaginary arc satisfies, with respect a radius Rp of the second roller, an inequality of “(1/2)×Rp≤R≤(19/20)×Rp”.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180246443A1 FIXATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-08-30
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