Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing apparatus of image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US13042606Application Date: 2011-03-08
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Publication No.: US08050610B2Publication Date: 2011-11-01
- Inventor: Osamu Takagi , Satoshi Kinouchi , Yoshinori Tsueda , Tetsuo Kitamura , Hiroshi Nakayama , Yohei Doi , Kazuhiko Kikuchi , Masanori Takai , Toyoyasu Kusaka , Toshihiro Sone
- Applicant: Osamu Takagi , Satoshi Kinouchi , Yoshinori Tsueda , Tetsuo Kitamura , Hiroshi Nakayama , Yohei Doi , Kazuhiko Kikuchi , Masanori Takai , Toyoyasu Kusaka , Toshihiro Sone
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agency: Turocy & Watson, LLP
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20
Abstract:
A heat roller of a fixing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention has a slidable metal belt on an outer side of an elastic roller. At the room temperature, the outer diameter of the elastic roller is smaller than the inner diameter of the metal belt. On the other hand, when the elastic roller is thermally expanded, the metal belt and the elastic roller fit onto each other in a state in which the metal belt fastens the elastic roller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110170918A1 FIXING APPARATUS OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-07-14
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