Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device having stably positioned nip plate
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Application No.: US14593350Application Date: 2015-01-09
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Publication No.: US09304459B2Publication Date: 2016-04-05
- Inventor: Noboru Suzuki
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2011-102095 20110428
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device for thermally fixing a developing agent image to a sheet includes: a flexible tubular member defining an axis extending in an axial direction; a heater; a nip plate configured to be in sliding contact with the tubular member and having an engaging portion; a backup member configured to nip the flexible tubular member in cooperation with the nip plate; and a stay configured to support the nip plate and having an end portion in the axial direction. The stay includes: a support portion configured to support the nip plate; a plurality of hook portions provided at the end portion to support the nip plate; and a protruding portion protruding toward the backup member and configured to engage the engaging portion such that the nip plate is restricted from moving in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the backup member confronts the nip plate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150125194A1 Fixing Device Having Stably Positioned Nip Plate Public/Granted day:2015-05-07
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