Fixing device and image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11966182
APP PUB NO 20230244168A1
SERIAL NO

18159588

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A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressure member, and a pair of retention members each including a restriction surface. The restriction surface restricts a movement of the fixing member in an axial direction. The restriction surface includes a first contact area and a second contact area. The first area is an area more on a downstream side of a passing direction of a medium than a center of a pressure area in the passing direction, and also closer to the pressure area than an apex of the fixing member on an opposite side of the pressure area. The first contact area and the second contact area are each tilted at a certain gradient so as to be set apart from the end portion of the fixing member in the axial direction from a side of the apex toward a side of the pressure area.

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KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INCOSAKA JAPAN OSAKA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Onishi, Shota Osaka, JP 18 18
Sakai, Yuhiro Osaka, JP 39 557
Takahashi, Hironori Osaka, JP 137 835
Uehara, Masakazu Osaka, JP 44 79
Watatani, Tomohiro Osaka, JP 37 21

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