Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device including rotator and belt, such as a fixing unit for an image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16729785Application Date: 2019-12-30
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Publication No.: US10996600B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Hiroshi Handa , Tomonori Watanabe , Shuhei Fukue , Kenji Takeuchi , Kazuna Taguchi , Tatsuo Ogasawara
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2019-062898 20190328,JPJP2019-062916 20190328,JPJP2019-062922 20190328
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a nip forming member surrounded by the belt, a first stay surrounded by the belt and extending in a width direction parallel to the rotation axis, a holder holding the nip forming member, and an urging member urging the first stay toward the rotator. The nip forming member is configured to, with the rotator, pinch the belt to form a nip. The first stay includes a first end and a second end. The holder includes a first engaging portion positioned at a first end of the holder, and a second engaging portion positioned at a second end of the holder. The first engaging portion engages the first end of the first stay. The second engaging portion engages the second end of the first stay.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200310314A1 DEVICE INCLUDING ROTATOR AND BELT, SUCH AS A FIXING UNIT FOR AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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