US Patent Issued to CANON on Oct. 27 for "Fixing device and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,228, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Fixing device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Akihiro Maeda (Tokyo), Ryo Yashiro (Tokyo), Shigeaki Takada (Chiba, Japan), Yusuke Yamaguchi (Chiba, Japan) and Madoka Watanabe (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device including: a rotatable endless belt member including a first surface that abuts on the recording material and a second surface opposite the first surface and to which a lubricant is applied; a nip forming member provided inside the belt member; a pressure rotating body configured to form a fixing nip portion that nips and conveys ...