Patent · US Active

Fixing device

US9880500B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · JP

Inventors

Hirohiko Aiba · Soma, JP
Satoru Taniguchi · Mishima, JP
Takashi Honke · Mishima, JP
Masaki Hirose · Hamamatsu, JP
Mahito Yoshioka · Numazu, JP
Taisuke Minagawa · Soma, JP
Fumiki Inui · Mishima, JP
Keita Nakajima · Soma, JP
Kazushi Nishikata · Odawara, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2016
Grant date	Jan 30, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 22, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G15/2025
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fixing device includes a cylindrical film; a plate heater including an electrode portion, wherein a lubricant is applied in a region where the heater contacts the film; a supporting member; and a sealing member contacting a surface of the heater where the electrode portion of the heater is provided, the sealing member being provided at a position closer to a center of the heater than the electrode portion is. The sealing member includes an engaging portion engaging with an end portion of the supporting member with respect to a widthwise direction of the heater and a cantilever contact portion contacting the surface of the heater where the electrode portion is provided.

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