Patent ID: 6083588
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
A fusing device for fixedly adhering a pre-fused toner image onto a recording material comprising:a fusing roller;a pressing member made of a resilient material, said pressing member being pressed against an outer circumference surface of said fusing roller under an even pressure;a sheet composed of a substrate made of a glass fiber, said sheet being placed on a surface of said pressing member brought into contact with said fusing roller;a pressing member fixing stand to which said pressing member is fixed, said pressing member fixing stand having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface, made in an upstream side in the direction in which a recording material is carried forward, being higher than said lower surface by a total of thicknesses of said pressing member and said sheet;said upper surface being leveled in such a manner that, when said sheet is fixed to a leveled portion, an upstream side of the leveled portion is higher than an end portion of said sheet in the upstream side;a surface of said pressing member, opposing a surface of said pressing member where said sheet is layered, being fixed to said lower surface in a vicinity of a boundary of said upper surface and said lower surface;a recording material being carried through a section between said fusing roller and said sheet as said fusing roller rotates.