FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing unit which can reduce friction between the support and the fixing belt by preventing the biased fixing pressure, and to improve the image quality, fixing belt durability, and its drive torque stabilization. SOLUTION: This fixing unit has a fixing belt, a sup...

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Main Authors YAMAMOTO KOJI, ONISHI TAIZO, FUKAYA MAMORU, MORITA OSAMU, TAKAHASHI TSUNESHI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.01.2007
Subjects
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing unit which can reduce friction between the support and the fixing belt by preventing the biased fixing pressure, and to improve the image quality, fixing belt durability, and its drive torque stabilization. SOLUTION: This fixing unit has a fixing belt, a support 8 disposed insides the loop of the fixing belt, a pressing means disposed facing the support 8 to form a nip with the fixing belt in between, and many concave grooves 12, formed with a roughness Ra 1-50 μm on the surface of the support 8. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20050202287