BELT SUPPORTING ROLL, AND BELT ROTATING DEVICE AND PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING BELT SUPPORTING ROLL

    公开(公告)号:US20250108978A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-03

    申请号:US18424177

    申请日:2024-01-26

    Abstract: A belt supporting roll configured to support an endless belt while allowing the belt to rotate includes: a roll body around which the belt is to be wrapped; a holding component extending in an axial direction of the roll body and holding two ends of the roll body while allowing the roll body to rotate; and a supporting component provided at a lengthwise central part of the holding component and supporting the roll body and the holding component while being movable. The supporting component has a range of motion containing a first directional component and a second directional component. The first directional component intersects a bisector of a central angle of an angular range by which the belt is to be wrapped around the roll body. The second directional component is parallel to the bisector.

    Decurling device and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11279147B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-22

    申请号:US16930818

    申请日:2020-07-16

    Abstract: A decurling device includes: a first transporter including a transport roller, the first transporter that sandwiches a transported sheet and transports the transported sheet further downstream; and a second transporter including an endless belt that is in contact with the transport roller. The transport roller has an elasticity that, when the belt is pressed against the transport roller, allows the belt to bite into the transport roller by a bite amount corresponding to a pressing force, the second transporter includes an abutting member disposed inside the belt, the abutting member includes an upstream protrusion, an downstream protrusion, the upstream protrusion and the downstream protrusion being provided at positions away from each other at an upstream portion and a downstream portion in a sheet transport direction.

    Fixing device and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11243491B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-08

    申请号:US17146616

    申请日:2021-01-12

    Abstract: A fixing device includes a device body, a fixing unit, a pair of decurling units, and an open/close unit. The fixing unit is disposed on the device body to perform a fixing operation on a recording medium, and includes a removal assistance unit to assist removal of the recording medium. The pair of decurling units are disposed on the device body to correct a curl of the recording medium by holding the recording medium therebetween. The open/close unit is openably and closeably disposed on the device body to separate, when opened, the removal assistance unit from the fixing unit and one of the decurling units from the other decurling unit.

    DECURLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20210302896A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US16984223

    申请日:2020-08-04

    Abstract: A decurling device includes: a first transport unit including a transport roller, the first transport unit that sandwiches a transported sheet and transports the transported sheet further downstream; and a second transport unit including an endless belt that is in contact with the transport roller. The transport roller has an elasticity that, when the belt is pressed against the transport roller, allows the belt to bite into the transport roller by a bite amount corresponding to a pressing force, the second transport unit includes an abutting member disposed inside the belt, the abutting member pressing the belt from an inside of the belt and causing the belt to abut against the transport roller, and a guide member, the abutting member includes an upstream protrusion, an downstream protrusion, the upstream protrusion and the downstream protrusion being provided at positions away from each other at an upstream portion and a downstream portion in a sheet transport direction, each of the upstream protrusion and the downstream protrusion protruding toward an inner surface of the belt, and a recess provided in an intermediate portion between the upstream protrusion and the downstream protrusion in the sheet transport direction, the recess being recessed away from a straight line connecting a top portion of the upstream protrusion and a top portion of the downstream protrusion, the guide member includes a contact surface that is in contact with the inner surface of the belt, the contact surface defining a part of a circulation track of the belt, and the upstream protrusion protrudes beyond a virtual circle that is tangent to the contact surface.

    HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20250106947A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-27

    申请号:US18598935

    申请日:2024-03-07

    Abstract: A heating device includes a resistance heating element that includes an electrode portion to which electric power is supplied and is rotatable, a connector that is attached to the resistance heating element, includes a contact terminal rotatable together with the resistance heating element, and supplies electric power to the resistance heating element through the contact terminal, and a pressing structure that presses the contact terminal against the electrode portion after the connector is attached to the resistance heating element.

    Transport device and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11086260B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-10

    申请号:US16847639

    申请日:2020-04-13

    Abstract: A transport device includes a first transport member that orbits in a predetermined direction and transports a sheet-like medium; a second transport member that forms a first sandwiching region that is curved and a second sandwiching region that is curved in a direction opposite to the first sandwiching region between the first transport member and the second transport member, and sandwiches and transports the medium in the first sandwiching region and the second sandwiching region; and a changing unit that changes a positional relationship between the first transport member and the second transport member so as to increase a width of the other of the first sandwiching region and the second sandwiching region in a transport direction of the medium without increasing a width of one of the first sandwiching region and the second sandwiching region in the transport direction of the medium.

    Decurling device and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11249433B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-15

    申请号:US16984223

    申请日:2020-08-04

    Abstract: A decurling device includes: a first transport unit including a transport roller, the first transport unit that sandwiches a transported sheet and transports the transported sheet further downstream; and a second transport unit including an endless belt that is in contact with the transport roller. The transport roller has an elasticity that, when the belt is pressed against the transport roller, allows the belt to bite into the transport roller by a bite amount corresponding to a pressing force, the second transport unit includes an abutting member disposed inside the belt, the abutting member pressing the belt from an inside of the belt and causing the belt to abut against the transport roller, and a guide member, the abutting member includes an upstream protrusion, an downstream protrusion, the upstream protrusion and the downstream protrusion being provided at positions away from each other at an upstream portion and a downstream portion in a sheet transport direction, each of the upstream protrusion and the downstream protrusion protruding toward an inner surface of the belt, and a recess provided in an intermediate portion between the upstream protrusion and the downstream protrusion in the sheet transport direction, the recess being recessed away from a straight line connecting a top portion of the upstream protrusion and a top portion of the downstream protrusion, the guide member includes a contact surface that is in contact with the inner surface of the belt, the contact surface defining a part of a circulation track of the belt, and the upstream protrusion protrudes beyond a virtual circle that is tangent to the contact surface.

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