| 发明名称 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus | ||
| 摘要 | A fixing device includes a pair of detachable rollers and applies heat and pressure to a sheet nipped between the rollers to fix a toner image formed on the sheet to the sheet. The fixing device includes a biasing part which gives a biasing force to bring one of the rollers into tight contact with the other, an adjusting part which adjusts the biasing force of the biasing part, and a guide indication part providing a guide for an amount of adjustment to be made by the adjusting part in accordance with the hardness of the surface layer of a roller of the rollers. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9134666(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2015.09.15 |
| 申请号 | US201414327966 | 申请日期 | 2014.07.10 |
| 申请人 | KONICA MINOLTA, INC. | 发明人 | Maruko Masami |
| 分类号 | G03G15/00;G03G15/20 | 主分类号 | G03G15/00 |
| 代理机构 | Cantor Colburn LLP | 代理人 | Cantor Colburn LLP |
| 主权项 | 1. A fixing device which includes a pair of detachable rollers and applies heat and pressure to a sheet nipped between the rollers to fix a toner image formed on the sheet, the fixing device comprising: a biasing part which gives a biasing force to bring one of the rollers into tight contact with the other of the rollers; an adjusting part which adjusts the biasing force of the biasing part; and a guide indication part providing a guide for an amount of adjustment to be made by the adjusting part in accordance with hardness of a surface layer of a roller of the rollers. | ||
| 地址 | JP | ||