Invention Application
- Patent Title: Fixing device and an image forming apparatus having the same
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置和具有该固定装置的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11411041Application Date: 2006-04-26
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Publication No.: US20070071519A1Publication Date: 2007-03-29
- Inventor: Jae-hyeuk Jeong , Dong-jin Seol
- Applicant: Jae-hyeuk Jeong , Dong-jin Seol
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Priority: KR2005-0088934 20050923
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device for fixing a toner image onto a recording medium, and an image forming apparatus having the same are provided. The fixing device includes a fixing roller heated by a heating source, and a pressing unit disposed opposite the fixing roller to bias a recording medium towards the fixing roller so that the recording medium contacts the fixing roller. The pressing unit has a movable support member, a pressing member mounted at the support member to face the fixing roller, a pressing belt rotatably disposed around the support member and the pressing member and biased by the pressing member to form a nip with the fixing roller, a driving roller for rotating the pressing belt, and a resilience applying member for biasing at least one of the support member and the driving roller toward the fixing roller. Accordingly, the pressing unit basically expands the width of the fixing nip to improve the image fixing capability.
Public/Granted literature
- US07447473B2 Fixing device with pressing member and an image forming apparatus having the same Public/Granted day:2008-11-04
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