Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having long-life fixing device
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Application No.: US16963953Application Date: 2018-09-20
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Publication No.: US11378903B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Dong Kyun Kim , Bong Hee Lee , Seong Yul Kim , Se Min An
- Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR10-2018-0008229 20180123
- International Application: PCT/KR2018/011117 WO 20180920
- International Announcement: WO2019/146870 WO 20190801
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a pressing roller, a fixing belt disposed to be rotated by the pressing roller around a rotation axis of the fixing belt, a pressing member disposed within the fixing belt and to press a portion of the fixing belt toward the pressing roller, a pair of rotation ring members to support corresponding ends of the fixing belt respectively and being rotated by the fixing belt, and a pair of flange members to rotatably support the pair of the rotation ring members respectively, in which a rotation ring member of the pair of rotation ring members is an inclined state towards the fixing belt on a corresponding flange member, in which, with respect to the rotational axis of the fixing belt, an area of the rotation ring member opposite to a contacting area of the rotation member contacting with the pressed portion of the fixing belt protrudes more toward the fixing belt than the contacting area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210041819A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING LONG-LIFE FIXING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-02-11
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