Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置
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Application No.: US11890513Application Date: 2007-08-07
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Publication No.: US07769335B2Publication Date: 2010-08-03
- Inventor: Osamu Takagi , Satoshi Kinouchi , Yoshinori Tsueda , Toshihiro Sone
- Applicant: Osamu Takagi , Satoshi Kinouchi , Yoshinori Tsueda , Toshihiro Sone
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JP2003-195244 20030710; JP2003-197877 20030716; JP2003-416958 20031215
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing apparatus according to the present invention ensures a nip width larger than a certain value by a heating roller which has a thin film metal conductive layer, and a foamed rubber layer which is bonded to the end part of the metal conductive layer, formed with a gap in a center part, and not bonded to the metal conductive layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US07668498B2 Fixing apparatus Public/Granted day:2010-02-23
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