Patent · US Expired

Heat roller fixing device divided into first and second frames and with positioning members of the first frame

US5481350A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 2, 1994
Grant dateJan 2, 1996
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/2039
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A heat roller fixing device has a fixing roller into which a heater is built and a pressing roller which rotatably presses on the fixing roller so that a non-fixed image is fixed on a paper sheet in a nip between the fixing roller and the pressing roller. It also includes a first frame for rotatably supporting the fixing roller, a second frame for rotatably supporting the pressing roller, a harnesses, a temperature detecting device, a safety device and a connector which are provided on the first frame. Positioning members on the first frame position the fixing device relative to the second frame. The strength against bending, the thickness and the heat resistance of the first frame are higher than that of the second frame.

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