Fixing apparatus for a copying machine
AssigneeKonishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorMitsuru Nagoshi
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Abstract
A hollow fixing roll supported by bearing means, including a heater therewithin, an annular resin adiabatic member in the born part of the fixing roll and an annular rigid metal member disposed between the bearing means and the adiabatic member so as to cover the adiabatic member.
Claims2
In a fixing apparatus for a copying machine including a bearing device, a rotatable hollow fixing roll supported by said bearing device, and a heater contained within said hollow fixing roll, the improvement wherein said bearing device comprises a bearing, an annular resin adiabatic member, and an annular rigid metal member disposed between said bearing and said annular resin adiabatic member, said annular rigid metal member having a flange portion extending radially inwardly from an end of said annular rigid metal member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.