发明名称 |
Fuser unit |
摘要 |
A fuser unit includes a cylindrical member that has flexibility; a nip member that is disposed to slidingly contact with an inner surface of the cylindrical member; and a backup member that is driven by a driving force and configures a nip region between the backup member and the cylindrical member on the nip member, wherein the cylindrical member includes folded-back portions formed at outer sides of a recording-sheet conveyance region in a recording-sheet width direction by folding back entire circumferences of both ends of the cylindrical member outward. |
申请公布号 |
US8831496(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.09.09 |
申请号 |
US201213361180 |
申请日期 |
2012.01.30 |
申请人 |
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha |
发明人 |
Ishida Kei |
分类号 |
G03G15/20 |
主分类号 |
G03G15/20 |
代理机构 |
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. |
代理人 |
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. |
主权项 |
1. A fuser unit comprising:
a cylindrical member that has flexibility; a nip member that is disposed to slidingly contact an inner surface of the cylindrical member; and a backup member that is driven by a driving force and configures a nip region between the backup member and the cylindrical member on the nip member, wherein the cylindrical member includes folded-back portions formed at outer sides of a recording-sheet conveyance region in a recording-sheet width direction by folding back entire circumferences of both ends of the cylindrical member outward, wherein a contact surface of the folded-back portions contacting the backup member has concaves and convexes, the concaves and convexes configured by at least one cut-off portion provided to each of the folded-back portions, and wherein the cut-off portions are notches formed at inner edges of the folded-back portions in the recording-sheet width direction. |
地址 |
Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken JP |