Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixation device and image formation apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14288528Application Date: 2014-05-28
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Publication No.: US09128433B2Publication Date: 2015-09-08
- Inventor: Masato Sakai
- Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Mots Law, PLLC
- Agent Marvin A. Motsenbocker
- Priority: JP2013-113329 20130529
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixation device includes a pressing member, a drive roller, an auxiliary roller, and an endless fixation belt rotatably mounted, in a loop shape, on the drive roller and the auxiliary roller. The endless fixation belt is in pressure contact with the outer peripheral surface of the pressing member, thereby forming a nip between the fixation belt and the pressing member. The drive roller is configured to drive the fixation belt to rotate in the looped shape and thereby cause the auxiliary roller to rotate due to the frictional force from an inner peripheral surface of the rotating fixation belt. A friction coefficient of a contact surface of the auxiliary roller with the fixation belt is smaller than a friction coefficient of a contact surface of the drive roller with the fixation belt.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140356039A1 FIXATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-12-04
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