Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing unit having a sliding sheet with a width in a longitudinal direction smaller than the width of first and second contact members
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Application No.: US17487017Application Date: 2021-09-28
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Publication No.: US12025931B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Tatsuo Yasui , Junichi Moteki , Akiyoshi Shinagawa , Takuma Tadomi , Ikuo Nakamoto , Toru Katsumi , Takahiro Ohnishi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP 18199230 2018.10.23
- The original application number of the division: US16600849 2019.10.14
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing unit includes an endless belt, a heating unit configured to heat the belt, a pressure rotary member configured to form a fixing nip portion that nips and conveys a recording material with the belt, a pad configured to press the belt toward the pressure rotary member, a sliding sheet provided on the pad and configured to slide against the belt, a plate-like member configured to fix the sliding sheet to the pad, the sliding sheet being fixed in a manner sandwiched between the plate-like member and the pad, and fixing tools configured to fix the plate-like member at a plurality of positions along a longitudinal direction of the plate-like member. A width of the sliding sheet is wider than a width of the fixing nip portion and narrower than a width of the plate-like member in the longitudinal direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220011698A1 FIXING UNIT Public/Granted day:2022-01-13
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