Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device
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Application No.: US17478062Application Date: 2021-09-17
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Publication No.: US11624993B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Tomonori Watanabe
- 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: JPJP2019-238921 20191227
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
In a fixing device, a first fixing member and a second fixing member are configured to form a nip in combination, and an arm biased by a first spring with a first biasing force provides a nip pressure. A cam rotatably arranged to cause the arm to move against the first biasing force has a first cam surface used to change the nip pressure from a first pressure to a second pressure smaller than the first pressure, and a second cam surface of which an angle of action is greater than that of the first cam surface to change the nip pressure from the second pressure to a third pressure smaller than the second pressure. A maximum pressure angle at the second cam surface is smaller than a maximum pressure angle at the first cam surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220004130A1 FIXING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2022-01-06
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