- Patent Title: Fixing device including insulating member with slit formed with projection projecting from one end surface toward the other of slit, and image forming apparatus with fixing device
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Application No.: US17696732Application Date: 2022-03-16
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Publication No.: US11640131B2Publication Date: 2023-05-02
- Inventor: Nobuhiro Nishioka
- 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: IP Business Solutions, LLC
- Priority: JPJP2021-046990 20210322
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a fixing roller, a pressure roller, a first bearing, a second bearing, and an annular insulating member. The insulating member is interposed at least one of between the first bearing and a shaft of the fixing roller and between the second bearing and a shaft of the pressure roller. The insulating member has a slit formed in at least one circumferential location thereon and creating a circumferential discontinuity in the insulating member, and includes a projection projecting from one of circumferentially opposed end surfaces of the slit toward the other of the circumferentially opposed end surfaces.
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