Invention Application
- Patent Title: PRESSING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING FIXING DEVICE
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Application No.: US17692177Application Date: 2022-03-11
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Publication No.: US20220299920A1Publication Date: 2022-09-22
- Inventor: Hiroyuki SHIMADA , Yukimichi SOMEYA , Yuusuke FURUICHI , Daisuke INOUE , Satoshi TOHKAI , Yumiko HAYASHI
- Applicant: Hiroyuki SHIMADA , Yukimichi SOMEYA , Yuusuke FURUICHI , Daisuke INOUE , Satoshi TOHKAI , Yumiko HAYASHI
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo; JP Saitama; JP Kanagawa; JP Tokyo; JP Kanagawa; JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Hiroyuki SHIMADA,Yukimichi SOMEYA,Yuusuke FURUICHI,Daisuke INOUE,Satoshi TOHKAI,Yumiko HAYASHI
- Current Assignee: Hiroyuki SHIMADA,Yukimichi SOMEYA,Yuusuke FURUICHI,Daisuke INOUE,Satoshi TOHKAI,Yumiko HAYASHI
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo; JP Saitama; JP Kanagawa; JP Tokyo; JP Kanagawa; JP Kanagawa
- Priority: JP2021-045833 20210319,JP2022-013114 20220131
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a rotator, a secured member, a pressure rotator, and lubricant. The rotator has flexibility and a sleeve form. The rotator includes an inner portion having a sliding surface. The inner portion has an elastic power of 55% or more. The secured member is disposed inside a loop of the rotator and has a slide surface on which the sliding surface of the rotator slides. The slide surface has a larger hardness than a hardness of the sliding surface of the rotator. The pressure rotator presses the rotator against the secured member and forms a nip between the rotator and the pressure rotator. The lubricant is provided between the rotator and the secured member.
Public/Granted literature
- US11592770B2 Pressing device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus incorporating fixing device Public/Granted day:2023-02-28
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