Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device for reducing belt damage
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Application No.: US17918221Application Date: 2021-05-18
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Publication No.: US11892787B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Tatsunori Izawa , Takayuki Horie , Yasuo Suzuki , Satoru Furuya , Satoshi Ohwada , Hiroyuki Sato , Koichi Utsunomiya
- 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: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JP 20094461 2020.05.29
- International Application: PCT/US2021/032917 2021.05.18
- International Announcement: WO2021/242569A 2021.12.02
- Date entered country: 2022-10-11
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a belt having a tubular shape and extending in a longitudinal direction, and having a longitudinal end, a drive roller to rotate the belt to convey a print medium between the drive roller and the belt, a bushing located at the longitudinal end of the belt, and a guide wall adjacent to the bushing. The belt is displaceable in the longitudinal direction relative to the bushing. The bushing includes a shoulder adjacent to the longitudinal end of the belt and a stem extending from the shoulder to an inside of the belt to support the belt. The guide guides the bushing to move in a direction opposite to a conveyance direction of the print medium when the belt moves toward the bushing. The stem of the bushing includes a convex portion that is in contact with an inner surface of the belt when the belt is displaced in the longitudinal direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230195014A1 FIXING DEVICE FOR REDUCING BELT DAMAGE Public/Granted day:2023-06-22
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