Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device with supported side guide
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Application No.: US17120945Application Date: 2020-12-14
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Publication No.: US11281142B2Publication Date: 2022-03-22
- Inventor: Mingguang Zhang , Tatsuo Ogasawara , Kenji Takeuchi , Tokifumi Tanaka
- 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: JPJP2019-238930 20191227,JPJP2020-126230 20200727
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
In a fixing device, a pressure unit is pressed toward a roller by an arm, to form a nip region. The pressure unit includes a belt configured to contact the roller in a nip region, a pressure pad configured to press the belt in combination with the roller, and a side guide including an end guide surface configured to guide a side end of the belt, and a stay configured to support the pressure pad. A supporting member is located on an outer side of the side guide that is opposite to an inner side on which the end guide surface faces. The supporting member is held between the stay and the arm, the supporting member comprising a contact surface which contacts the side guide and on which the side guide is swayably supported.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210200131A1 FIXING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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