Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuser having resin frame and metal frame
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Application No.: US15840229Application Date: 2017-12-13
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Publication No.: US10248054B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Tatsuo Ogasawara
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2016-242121 20161214
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
A fuser includes: a rotating body; a roller configured to convey a sheet in a conveyance direction; a pair of bearings supporting the roller; one side frame made of a resin, supporting one of the pair of bearings; another side frame supporting the other of the pair of bearings, and arranged at a distance from the one side frame in the axial direction; and a center frame made of a metal, including a main-body portion arranged on an opposite side of the rotating body with respect to the roller. One end portion in the axial direction of the main-body portion includes a first fixing portion which is fixed to the one side frame, and a second fixing portion which is arranged on an upstream side of the first fixing portion in the conveyance direction, and is fixed to the one side frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180164724A1 Fuser Having Resin Frame and Metal Frame Public/Granted day:2018-06-14
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