Invention Grant
US09037024B2 Fusing device including nip regulating member having flat and arc-shaped surfaces and image forming apparatus including the fusing device
有权
定影装置包括具有平坦和弧形表面的辊隙调节构件和包括定影装置的成像设备
- Patent Title: Fusing device including nip regulating member having flat and arc-shaped surfaces and image forming apparatus including the fusing device
- Patent Title (中): 定影装置包括具有平坦和弧形表面的辊隙调节构件和包括定影装置的成像设备
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Application No.: US13867713Application Date: 2013-04-22
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Publication No.: US09037024B2Publication Date: 2015-05-19
- Inventor: Kenichi Kasama
- 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: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP2012-097361 20120423
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fusing device includes a regulating member and a switching mechanism. The regulating member has a flat surface and an arc-shaped surface and regulates a nip formed by a belt and a roller. The switching mechanism switches the fusing device between a first mode and a second mode in which an unfused toner image is fused to a recording medium. The flat surface is provided along a direction in which the recording medium enters the nip. The arc-shaped surface is provided downstream of the flat surface in the recording medium entry direction, is contiguous to the flat surface, and is curved toward the roller. In the first mode, the nip is regulated by the flat surface and the arc-shaped surface. In the second mode, the nip is regulated by the flat surface of the flat and arc-shaped surfaces.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130279957A1 FUSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2013-10-24
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