US 12,013,655 B2
Heating device and image processing apparatus
Toshihiro Sone, Yokohama Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/178,479.
Application 18/178,479 is a continuation of application No. 17/319,574, filed on May 13, 2021, granted, now 11,624,992.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-131824 (JP), filed on Aug. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0205121 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/2053 (2013.01) [G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2038 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating device, comprising:
a cylindrical belt having an axial direction;
a heater disposed on an inner surface of the cylindrical belt and having a longitudinal direction parallel to the axial direction;
a press roller configured to contact an outer surface of the cylindrical belt at a position opposite the heater and form a nip, the press roller being configured to rotate to convey a sheet through the nip, both longitudinal end portions of the press roller projecting by a first projection amount in a radial direction of the press roller that is more than a central portion of the press roller between the longitudinal end portions in the longitudinal direction;
a holder having a first surface supporting the heater and facing the cylindrical belt, the holder having a second surface that is opposite the first surface and has a center portion between the longitudinal end portions of the second surface projecting in a direction orthogonal to the first surface by a second projection amount that is greater than the first projection amount;
a frame configured to support the holder at both sides of the holder in a conveying direction of the sheet through the nip, the frame being on a second surface side of the holder; and
a positioning member attached to an outer surface of the frame at a position near a central portion of the frame between longitudinal end portions of the frame, a locking portion of the positioning member extending beyond the frame in a direction towards the press roller, wherein
the holder includes an engaging portion configured to engage the locking portion of the positioning member.