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US 11,112,738 B2Granted
Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsHyun Taek Oh, Jin Ho Park
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Abstract
A fixing apparatus includes a fixing belt, a pressing roller configured to form a nip by pressing the fixing belt and rotate the fixing belt, a bush configured to guide an edge of the fixing belt, and a meandering adjustment member configured to move a rotation shaft of the pressing roller in a direction perpendicular to an axis direction of the pressing roller. The fixing apparatus can be provided to an image forming apparatus.
Claims15
A fixing apparatus, comprising:
- a fixing belt;
- a pressing roller configured to press the fixing belt and to rotate the fixing belt;
- a bush configured to guide an edge of the fixing belt;
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- a meandering adjustment member to support a rotational shaft of the pressing roller and to support a rotational movement to in response to the rotational movement, move a center axis of the rotation shaft of the pressing roller in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the fixing belt.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a conveying device configured to convey a recording medium;
- a developing device configured to develop an electrostatic latent image;
- a transfer device configured to transfer the electrostatic latent image onto the recording medium;
- a discharging device configured to discharge the recording medium;
- and
- a fixing device including:
- a fixing belt,
- a pressing roller configured to press the fixing belt and to rotate the fixing belt,
- a bush configured to guide an edge of the fixing belt, and
- a meandering adjustment member to support a rotational shaft of the pressing roller and to support a rotational movement to in response to the rotational movement, move a center of axis of the rotation shaft of the pressing roller in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the fixing belt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.