Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image heating device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17831968Application Date: 2022-06-03
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Publication No.: US11809112B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Hikaru Osada , Masashi Tanaka
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: ROSSI, KIMMS & McDOWELL LLP
- Priority: JP 21097422 2021.06.10
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
Provided is an image heating device that heats an image in a nip portion, including: a film; a heater; a roller that forms the nip portion with the film; a backup member; regulating members that regulate a movement of the film and move along with the backup member; and a frame that includes a guide portion to insert the regulating members and a shaft of the roller. The roller includes an elastic layer that is deformed by being pressed from a side which the film is placed, such that a distance between a rotation axis of the roller and the nip portion decreases, and that a volume of the elastic layer decreases. The guide portion guides so that the regulating members move more to a downstream side in a conveying direction of the recording material as the regulating members approach the rotation axis of the roller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220404744A1 IMAGE HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-12-22
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