Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16455266Application Date: 2019-06-27
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Publication No.: US10585378B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Seiji Okada
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP2018-124295 20180629
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a pressing roller, a rotating member, a heating means, a pressing mechanism, a separation member, a first biasing member and a moving mechanism. The pressing roller has a core metal and an elastic layer. The separation member includes a contact part. The first biasing member is configured to bias the separation member to be rotated in a direction in which the contact part is butted against the rotating member. The first biasing member includes a first end portion by which biasing force is acted on the separation member and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. The moving mechanism is configured to move the second end portion of the first biasing member in a direction in which the biasing force is decreased, as the core metal approaches the rotating member owing to decrease in rigidity of the elastic layer of the pressing roller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200004181A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-01-02
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