Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17205747Application Date: 2021-03-18
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Publication No.: US11353811B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Hirotaka Imaeda , Kenji Takeuchi , Tokifumi Tanaka , Tomonori Watanabe , 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: JPJP2020-065590 20200401
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a roller having a rotation axis, and a belt unit that conveys a sheet in combination with the roller. The belt unit includes an endless belt, a nip forming member that forms a nip in combination with the roller, and an upstream belt guide. The fixing device further includes a chute having a guide surface configured to guide the sheet toward the nip. In a section orthogonal to the rotation axis, a line segment connecting a downstream end of the guide surface and an upstream end of the nip does not intersect the upstream belt guide, and an extended line extended from the downstream end of the guide surface along the guide surface toward the roller intersects a surface of the roller at a position upstream of an upstream end of the nip.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210311422A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-10-07
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