Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US14229053Application Date: 2014-03-28
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Publication No.: US09063489B2Publication Date: 2015-06-23
- Inventor: Yuzuru Nanjo
- 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: JP2013-071349 20130329
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a heating source and a fixing roller. The fixing belt has a sheet passing part and a non-sheet passing part. The fixing roller includes an elastic layer including first and second elastic parts. The first elastic part is provided on an inner diameter side of the sheet passing part. The second elastic part is provided on an inner diameter side of the non-sheet passing part. A gap is formed between a part of the elastic layer and the fixing belt in a state where the fixing belt is not heated. The part of the elastic layer is in close contact with the fixing belt in a state where the fixing belt is heated. The first elastic part includes a small-diameter part having a smaller external diameter than a part with a maximum external diameter of the second elastic part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140294468A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-10-02
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