Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device including an endless belt for fixing a toner image on a recording material
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Application No.: US17094077Application Date: 2020-11-10
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Publication No.: US11269272B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Hidekazu Tatezawa , Youichi Chikugo , Rikiya Takemasa , Kenichi Tanaka , Yutaro Tsuno , Mitsuru Hasegawa , Suguru Takeuchi , Hiroki Kawai , Yasuharu Toratani , Ayano Ogata
- Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019204986 20191112,JPJP2019204987 20191112,JPJP2020037965 20200305
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a rotatable fixing belt, a pad, a rotatable pressing member, a pressing member driving source, an auxiliary driving roller, and a transmission mechanism for transmitting a driving force from the pressing member driving source to the auxiliary driving roller, wherein a peripheral speed of the auxiliary driving roller is faster than a peripheral speed of the pressing member, and a steering roller provided so as to stretch the fixing belt at the inner surface of the fixing belt in a position downstream of the auxiliary driving roller and upstream the pad with respect to a rotational direction of the fixing belt. The steering roller adjusts a position of the fixing belt with respect to a widthwise direction of the fixing belt by inclining the fixing belt so as to be positioned within a predetermined range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210141322A1 FIXING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-05-13
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