Roller-shaped rotator, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
US9098039B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2035
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A roller-shaped rotator includes an endless belt and a roller-shaped base member. The roller-shaped base member is formed by winding a thin plate material plural times through elastic deformation into a roller shape. The roller-shaped base member is inserted into the endless belt, and brought into press contact with an inner peripheral surface of the belt by an elastic repulsive force due to the deformation. The roller-shaped base member is supported at both end portions in an axial direction so as to be rotatable about an axis of the roller-shaped base member.
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