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Fixing device

US9519252B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 2015
Grant dateDec 13, 2016
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/2035
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a fixing device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a projection portion projected in a direction opposite to a direction biased by the biasing member, from a body part of the biasing member, is provided in a biasing member configured to push a thermosensitive member which receives heat from a heater, toward the heater, so that a crack in the heater at the time of an abnormal temperature rise is prevented.

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