Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing unit and image forming apparatus with built-in fixing unit
- Patent Title (中): 固定单元和内置定影单元的成像设备
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Application No.: US13169178Application Date: 2011-06-27
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Publication No.: US08699932B2Publication Date: 2014-04-15
- Inventor: Tetsuo Tanda
- Applicant: Tetsuo Tanda
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agent Gerald E. Hespos; Michael J. Porco; Matthew T. Hespos
- Priority: JP2010-146675 20100628
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing unit is provided with a heating mechanism configured to define an arcuate heating zone, a heating roller including a circumferential surface extending along the heating zone, a belt wound on the heating roller along the circumferential surface, a tensioner configured to apply tension to the belt; and a biasing mechanism configured to bias the tensioner in a biasing direction along an extending direction of the belt between the heating roller and the tensioner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110318075A1 FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH BUILT-IN FIXING UNIT Public/Granted day:2011-12-29
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