Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US14945871Application Date: 2015-11-19
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Publication No.: US09658583B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Takefumi Yotsutsuji , Yoshihiro Yamagishi , Takashi Eiki
- 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: JP2014-243895 20141202
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a pressing member, a shape restricting member and an elastic body. The fixing belt is configured to be rotatable. The pressuring member is configured to be rotatable and to come into pressure contact with the fixing belt so as to form a fixing nip. The pressing member is configured to press the fixing belt to a side of the pressuring member. The shape restricting member is configured to restrict a shape of the fixing belt and having an arc-shaped insertion part to be inserted into an end part of the fixing belt. The elastic body is attached to an end part in a circumferential direction of the insertion part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160154353A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-06-02
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