PRESSURE ROLLERS FOR TONER FUSING STATION

摘要

A pressure roller and apparatus for pressure fixing imaging powder in an electrostatic duplicating machine, the apparatus comprising a pair of fixing rollers in pressure contact along a narrow band to define a nip. The fixing rollers are hollow cylindrical rollers with parallel longitudinal axes and are rotatably supported by pressure transfer rollers inside each fixing roller. The pressure transfer rollers in each fixing roller are rotatably supported by a shaft and housing. Pressure supplied by loading means at the ends of the shafts to pressure fix imaging powder to a substrate transported through the nip is distributed uniformly along the nip by the pressure transfer rollers without causing bending moments on the fixing rollers.