Image heating device
US10871735B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 22, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2041
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing device including a fixing belt having a maximum curvature in a rotational direction of the fixing belt. The number of times the fixing belt is bent when a temperature of the fixing belt is equal to or lower than a glass transition temperature of the fixing belt surface material is controlled to operate within a specified range.
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