Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and fixing device
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Application No.: US15001616Application Date: 2016-01-20
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Publication No.: US09599942B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Shigeru Tsunoda
- Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
- Priority: JP2015-038664 20150227
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An invented image forming apparatus has a fixing device for stably fixing developer on a medium. The fixing device includes a heating member, an endless belt member subject to heating provided from the heating member, a tension member tensioning the belt member, a pressure member forming a pressurized contact nipping portion via the belt member, a supporting member supporting the pressure member, a pushing member pushing the pressure member and the belt member, a fixing member pushing the pressure member and the belt member, a medium guide guiding move of the medium in a direction toward the pressurized contact nipping portion, and a pressure member moving mechanism for moving a position of the pressure member in the supporting member. The image forming apparatus further includes a controller controlling the position of the pressure member via the pressure member moving mechanism.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160252859A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FIXING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-09-01
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