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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116671 | Apparatuses useful in printing onto media and methods of mitigating media edge wear effects on fixing belts in printing Apparatuses useful in printing and methods of mitigating media edge wear effects on fixing belts in printing are provided. An exemplary apparatus useful for printing onto media includes a first roll including a first surface; a second roll including a second surface... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116670 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same A fixing device for use in an image forming apparatus, and an image forming apparatus are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the fixing device includes a flexible fixing member, a pressure member, an abutting member, and an interior member. The flexible fixing m... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107869 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus The fixing device is provided with: a fixing member that includes a metal layer; a pressure member that forms a pressure portion between the pressure member and the fixing member, and that is driven to rotate; an electromagnetic induction heating member that causes ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107867 | Image fixing device using a belt-driving method, and image forming apparatus using the same image fixing device An image fixing device, having a belt-driving method to drive an endless belt which is entrained about at least two supporting members, including: a first supporting member on which a light transmitting area is provided; a heater which is housed within the first sup... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107868 | Image fixing device containing a heat generating unit arranged at an end portion of a heater and an apparatus having the same An aspect of the invention provides a fixing device that comprises: an endless fixing belt; a first rotating body arranged at an inner side of the fixing belt; and a heater arranged to face an inner surface of the fixing belt and configured to heat the fixing belt a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8095058 | Conveyor-belt apparatus and image heating apparatus changing the belt tension in accordance with the moving state of the belt A conveyor-belt apparatus includes a belt, a supporting member that rotatably supports the belt, a moving unit that displaces at least one end of the supporting member in a longitudinal direction to move the belt in the longitudinal direction, and a tension changing... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090304 | Heating device, fixing device and image forming device A heating device includes: a magnetic field generating unit generating a magnetic field; a heat-generating member generating heat due to electromagnetic induction of the magnetic field, and having a heat-generating layer of a thickness that is thinner than a skin de... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086159 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus including the fixing device A fixing device and an image forming apparatus including the fixing device. The fixing device includes a heat source, an endless, flexible fixing member to fix a toner image by heating and melting the toner image onto a recording medium, a pressure member to press a... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081915 | Apparatus and method for controlling the change of direction of a fusing belt in a printing apparatus An apparatus (100) and method (500) that controls the change of direction of a fusing belt in a printing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus can include a fusing belt (120) configured to rotate about an axis of rotation (128). The appar... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078092 | Apparatus and method for controlling the axial rate of movement of a fusing belt in a printing apparatus An apparatus (100) and method (400, 500) that controls the rate of movement of a fusing belt in a printing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus can include a fusing belt (120) and at least one fusing belt support roller (131), where the ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073375 | Fixing unit and image forming apparatus having the same A fixing unit where an operating force for releasing a nip can be reduced with a small-sized configuration. The fixing unit has a heating roller including a heating element, a pressure belt, pressure arms, pressure springs, and nip load releasing units. The pressure... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068778 | Image heating apparatus and endless belt used for image heating apparatus The image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording medium has an endless belt with a base layer made of a metal material; a heater that contacts with an inner surface of the endless belt; and a backup member that forms a nip portion together with... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060001 | Fusing unit and image forming apparatus including the same A fusing unit, and an image forming apparatus including the same, includes: a driving roller; a belt disposed to be driven by the driving roller; a nip plate disposed along a lengthwise direction of the driving roller with the belt being disposed between the driving... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055175 | Image heating apparatus An image heating apparatus includes a coil for generating magnetic flux, a belt including an electroconductive layer for generating heat by the magnetic flux generated from the coil, for heating an image on a recording material by the heat generated by the electroco... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055173 | Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus The fixing apparatus includes: a fixing member having base and conductive layers and fixing a toner onto a recording medium when the conductive layer is heated by electromagnetic induction; a magnetic field generating member generating an alternating-current magneti... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055174 | Fixing device using induction heating and image forming apparatus using the fixing device In a fixing device for fixing a toner image on a recording medium, a fixing roller and a heating roller support a fixing belt. A pressing roller presses against the fixing roller via the fixing belt to form a fixing nip between the fixing belt and the pressing rolle... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050610 | Fixing apparatus of image forming apparatus A heat roller of a fixing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention has a slidable metal belt on an outer side of an elastic roller. At the room temperature, the outer diameter of the elastic roller is smaller than the inner diameter of the metal belt. O... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045908 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device has a presser member, a slide member and a pressure belt. Both ends of the presser member are positioned outside both ends of the slide member. Both ends of the slide member are positioned outside both ends of the pressure belt. Thereby, the slide me... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045907 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus The fixing device includes: a fixing member including a conductive layer and fixing toner on a recording medium by electromagnetic induction; a magnetic-field generating member generating an alternate-current magnetic field intersecting with the conductive layer; a ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045906 | Belt-type fixing device having a pressure roller with surface undulations A belt-type fixing device having therein an endless fixing belt, a pressure roller arranged inside the aforesaid fixing belt and a pressure member that presses the fixing belt against the pressure roller, wherein a toner image on a recording material is fixed in a n... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041278 | Heating device, fixing device and image forming device A heating device includes: a magnetic field generating unit that generates a magnetic field; a heat-generating member that is disposed so as to face the magnetic field generating unit, and generates heat due to electromagnetic induction of the magnetic field, and ha... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032068 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes: a heating section; and a press section which presses the heating section and thereby forms a fixing nip section, wherein at least one of the heating section and the press section comprises, an endless fixing belt; a press member which press... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032069 | Fusing device and image forming apparatus having the same A fusing device includes a rotatable pressing roller, a fusing belt to rotate by a rotational force transmitted from the rotatable pressing roller, a nip forming member to contact an inner surface of the fusing belt to form a nip on a contact area between the rotata... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023876 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus According to an aspect of the invention, a fixing device includes, a fixing member that fixes an image onto a sheet, a satellite member arranged parallel to the fixing member with respect to an axial direction and having a smaller heat capacity than the fixing membe... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8010028 | Image forming apparatus and fixing device An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device for forming a toner image on a recording medium and a fixing device for fixing the toner image formed on the recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium. In the fixing device, an ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010031 | Image heating apparatus and recording material conveyance apparatus A fixing apparatus which fixes a toner image at a nip portion formed by a belt member and a rotating member controls a deviation of a belt by changing an inclination of a belt supporting member during a fixing operation. During a standby operation in which the belt ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010029 | Fusing device having decreased warm-up time and image forming apparatus having the same A fusing device and an image forming apparatus having the same. The fusing device can include a fusing belt, a heat source disposed in an interior of the fusing belt, a supporting member to support at least a portion of an inner peripheral surface of the fusing belt... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010030 | Image forming apparatus roller configuration An image forming apparatus, such as a laser printer, may use high levels of heat to form images, and some elements may expand and contract with changing temperatures. An apparatus may include a heat roller disposed against a pressure roller, with an endless belt mem... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7995957 | Image forming apparatus and fuser apparatus According to an embodiment of the invention, a heat uniforming member, which has an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of a hollow member and in which thermal deformation generated by thermal expansion remains, is set in the inside of the hollow member ha... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991339 | Fuser device A fuser device used with an imaging system for setting toner on a recording media is disclosed. The fuser device includes a heating element; a rolling piece for exerting pressure on the toner adhered on the recording media; a film for clamping the recording media wi... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991338 | Belt-type fixing device and image forming apparatus A belt-type fixing device having therein a pressure roller that has an elastic layer which is made of solid rubber, wherein, the elastic layer is covered by a resin layer on which a plurality of cracks are formed to be substantially deep enough to arrive at the elas... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986909 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same A fixing device includes an endless belt member and a rotating body that are arranged to come in pressure contact with each other, the endless belt member and the rotating body having a source of heat generation; a pressing member that is arranged within the endless... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986908 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device including an endless fixing belt; a pressure member that presses the fixing belt toward the fixing nip portion from the inner circumferential surface side of the fixing belt; and a sliding sheet that covers the pressure member and extends outside the... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7974562 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device in which a width of a slide member is larger than a width of a pressurizing belt while both ends of the slide member are positioned outside of both ends of the pressurizing belt. The above-structured slide member m... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974561 | Belt fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus A belt fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image on a recording material in a nip portion having: an endless fixing belt and a pressing device to press the fixing belt to a fixing member so as to form the nip portion between the fixing belt and the fixing member, wh... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970329 | Image heating apparatus including a belt member for heating an image on a recording material An image heating apparatus includes an endless belt for heating an image on a recording material at a nip; magnetic flux generating means, disposed opposed to an outer surface of the endless belt, for generating a magnetic flux to cause the belt to generate heat; a ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970330 | Fusers, printing apparatuses and methods of fusing toner on media Fusers, printing apparatuses and methods of fusing toner on media are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of the fusers includes a pressure roll; a fuser belt; a nip formed by the fuser belt contacting the pressure roll, the nip including an inlet end where the mediu... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965970 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus The fixing device includes: a fixing member including a conductive layer and fixing toner onto a recording medium with the conductive layer self-heated by electromagnetic induction; a drive unit rotationally driving the fixing member; a magnetic field generating mem... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962084 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device comprises a heating roll; an endless belt; and a pressurizing member that forms a pressure contact portion for pushing the endless belt against an outer peripheral surface part of the heating roll from an inner peripheral surface side of the pressuri... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962083 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device forms, with use of an endless belt and a fixing roller that are positioned facing each other, a fixing nip by placing the endless belt in contact with the fixing roller while causing a pressing member to press the endless belt from an inner side ther... | 06/14/2011 |
