US Patent Issued to Canon on May 13 for "Image forming apparatus having fixing device with improved uniformity of heating when reciprocated in widthwise direction" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,689, issued on May 13, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus having fixing device with improved uniformity of heating when reciprocated in widthwise direction" was invented by Koichi Kakubari (Chiba, Japan), Ikuo Nakamoto (Chiba, Japan) and Akihiro Maeda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device, first and second fans, and a reciprocating portion to reciprocate the fixing device in a widthwise direction of the fixing device. The fixing device includes a fixing film, a pressing roller to form a nip portion where a recording material on which a toner image is carrie...