Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device, and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US13964293Application Date: 2013-08-12
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Publication No.: US09128436B2Publication Date: 2015-09-08
- Inventor: Hitoshi Komuro
- Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2013-065155 20130326
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
Provided is a fixing device including a rotatable rotating member, a tubular member that is movable while coming into contact with the rotating member, a pressure member that is arranged inside the tubular member and nips a recording medium holding an unfixed toner image at a nip portion formed between the rotating member and the tubular member by bringing the tubular member into pressure contact with the rotating member, to apply pressure for fixing the unfixed toner image on the recording medium, and a holding member that holds the pressure member, wherein the pressure member is made of an elastomer, and the end position of one surface of the elastomer that comes into contact with the tubular member is located further toward the upstream side in the transport direction of the recording medium than the end position of the other surface of the elastomer held by the holding member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140294457A1 FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-10-02
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