US Patent Issued to Canon on Dec. 9 for "Fixing device capable of preventing lubricant from leaking from a film" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,255, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Fixing device capable of preventing lubricant from leaking from a film" was invented by Fuyuko Koyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a fixing device, when a nip portion forming member moves from a first position at time of fixing a toner image to a second position that is shifted from the first position in a first direction, a restriction unit is configured to restrict movement of a guide member in the first direction to change a relative position in the first direction between an inner surface of a film and an area of a nip portion forming member, the are...