Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus including the same
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Application No.: US16016045Application Date: 2018-06-22
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Publication No.: US10452011B2Publication Date: 2019-10-22
- Inventor: Yasuo Suzuki , Takayuki Yamada
- Applicant: HP PRINTING KOREA CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: HP PRINTING KOREA CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: HP PRINTING KOREA CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: JP2015-249896 20151222; KR10-2016-0091446 20160719
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
Provided is a fixing device for preventing an increase in torque when a fixing belt starts to be driven. The fixing device may include a fixing belt that is rotatable; a pressure roller configured to pressure-contact an outer circumferential surface of the fixing belt and to form a fixing nip portion between the pressure roller and the fixing belt. A contact member is located inside the fixing belt and includes a contact portion that contacts an inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt. The contact portion includes a surface having a plate shape that faces the pressure roller and a plurality of protrusions that protrude from the surface toward the pressure roller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180299808A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2018-10-18
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