Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17073554Application Date: 2020-10-19
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Publication No.: US11237507B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Natsuki Watanabe
- Applicant: Natsuki Watanabe
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Natsuki Watanabe
- Current Assignee: Natsuki Watanabe
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JPJP2019-216861 20191129
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a heater including a first sealing portion and a second sealing portion disposed at a first lateral end and a second lateral end of a tube in a longitudinal direction of a fixing rotator, respectively. The first sealing portion includes a first inboard end distanced from a first lateral end of a heat generating portion with a first distance in the longitudinal direction of the fixing rotator. The second sealing portion includes a second inboard end distanced from a second lateral end of the heat generating portion with a second distance in the longitudinal direction of the fixing rotator. The second distance is smaller than the first distance. A driving force transmitter transmits a driving force to the fixing rotator or an opposed rotator and is disposed in a first lateral end side of the fixing device where the first sealing portion is disposed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210165349A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-06-03
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