Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus for controlling a traveling trajectory of a belt
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Application No.: US15350184Application Date: 2016-11-14
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Publication No.: US09727013B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Kazuhiko Kikuchi
- Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA , TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- 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: Amin, Turocy & Watson LLP
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a nip pad, a press roller, a driving portion, and a heat generation source. The fixing belt has an endless shape. The nip pad is located on an inner circumferential side of the fixing belt. The nip pad presses the fixing belt. The press roller presses the fixing belt along with the nip pad. The driving portion moves the press roller toward the nip pad. The heat generation source causes the fixing belt to generate heat. A control section controls an image forming section and the fixing device. The nip pad includes a protrusion. The protrusion protrudes toward an outer circumference of the fixing belt and a downstream side of the nip. The control section changes a movement amount of a protrusion to the press roller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170060059A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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