Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cylinder member and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17547475Application Date: 2021-12-10
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Publication No.: US11878891B2Publication Date: 2024-01-23
- Inventor: Kazuki Kishi , Tomoaki Yoshioka , Kazuyoshi Hagiwara , Yoko Miyamoto , Toshiaki Baba , Tomohiro Wada , Yosuke Tsutsumi
- Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Current Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP 21137609 2021.08.25
- Main IPC: B65H5/02
- IPC: B65H5/02 ; B65H5/08 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G15/01 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G15/20

Abstract:
A cylinder member includes: a cylinder body having a cross section and including a dent portion; a sheet member wrapped around the cylinder body and including a metal layer contacting the cylinder body and an outer layer; a first attachment member on a sheet member first end portion and removably attached to the dent portion; a second attachment member on a metal layer end portion protruding from the outer layer in the circumferential direction at a sheet member second end portion, the second attachment member being removably attached to the dent portion; a tension-applying mechanism pulling the second attachment member in a dent portion depth direction to apply tension to the metal layer; a projection on one of the second attachment member and metal layer end portion; and a fitting portion on other one of the second attachment member and the metal layer end portion and fitted to the projection.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230065291A1 CYLINDER MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-03-02
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