Patent ID: 11892787
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. A fixing device comprising:
a belt having a tubular shape and extending in a longitudinal direction, the belt having a longitudinal end forming an edge of the belt;
a drive roller to rotate the belt, to convey a print medium between the drive roller and the belt; and
a bushing located at the longitudinal end of the belt, the bushing including a shoulder separated from the longitudinal end of the belt and a stem extending from the shoulder to an inside of the belt to support the belt, wherein the belt is displaceable in the longitudinal direction away from the shoulder of the bushing so as to prevent contact between the edge of the belt and the shoulder, wherein the stem includes a cylindrical portion extending from the shoulder to the belt so as to be in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the belt, and an inclined portion extending from the cylindrical portion, and
wherein the inclined portion has an inclined surface separated from the inner peripheral surface of the belt.