Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device capable of suppressing contact between tubular member and electric components
- Patent Title (中): 能够抑制管状部件与电气部件的接触的固定装置
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Application No.: US13426944Application Date: 2012-03-22
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Publication No.: US09037057B2Publication Date: 2015-05-19
- Inventor: Noboru Suzuki , Kei Ishida , Takuji Matsuno , Yoshihiro Miyauchi
- Applicant: Noboru Suzuki , Kei Ishida , Takuji Matsuno , Yoshihiro Miyauchi
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2011-122830 20110531
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device for thermally fixing a developing agent image to a sheet includes: a flexible tubular member having an inner peripheral surface and circularly moving in a moving direction while the developing agent image is thermally fixed; a heater; a nip member being in sliding contact with the tubular member; a backup member nipping the tubular member in cooperation with the nip member; a stay covering the heater and supporting the nip member; an electric component positioned opposite to the heater with respect to the stay; and a frame supporting the electric component. The frame includes: an isolating portion interposed between the tubular member and the electric component for isolating the electric component from the tubular member; and a guide portion guiding the inner peripheral surface of the tubular member while the flexible tubular member is moving in the moving direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US08971776B2 Fixing device capable of suppressing contact between tubular member and electric components Public/Granted day:2015-03-03
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