IP Library Granted Patent US 7,991,339
Granted Patent B2
US 7,991,339 · App. 12/149,799 · Granted Aug 2, 2011

Fuser device

Assignees: Silitek Electronic (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.; Lite-On Technology Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,991,339
App. No.
12/149,799
Granted
Aug 2, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fuser device used with an imaging system for setting toner on a recording media is disclosed. The fuser device includes a heating element; a rolling piece for exerting pressure on the toner adhered on the recording media; a film for clamping the recording media with the rolling piece, the film being in the heat of the heating element to set the toner on the recording media; and a control structure. The control structure has a base piece on which a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion are disposed. The heating element, the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion form a loop and the film surrounds the loop.

Claims (16)

1. An image forming device used with an imaging system for setting toner particles on a recording media, comprising:

a frame unit;

a pressure roller disposed on the frame unit for causing the toner particles to adhere on the recording media; and

a guiding assembly disposed on the frame unit in pressing contact with the pressure roller, the guiding assembly comprising:

an elongated heating unit disposed across the guiding assembly parallel to the rotational axis of the pressure roller,

a belt tensioner assembly including a pair of base pieces and elastic pieces disposed on the two ends of the guiding assembly,

wherein the base piece has a free end portion, a pivot portion and a connecting portion in sequential order,

wherein the pivot portion has a pivoting axis parallel to the rotational axis of the pressure roller,

wherein the pivot portions of the base pieces and the free end portions of the base pieces have rolling wheels mounted thereon,

wherein one end of the elastic piece is coupled to the connecting portion of the base piece; and a belt looped over the rolling wheels of the free end portions of the base piece, the rolling wheels of the pivot portion of the base piece, and the elongated heating unit, wherein the belt is nipped between the pressure roller and the heating unit.

2. The image forming device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the elastic piece is a spring.

3. The image forming device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the free end portion is rotatably disposed on the base piece.

4. The image forming device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pivot portion is rotatably disposed on the base piece.

5. The image forming device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the free end portion has a flange protruding from a free end thereof.

6. The image forming device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pivot portion has a flange protruding from a free end thereof.

7. The image forming device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the heating element is a halogen lamp or a ceramic heater.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 2, 2013
From: SILITEK ELECTRONIC (GUANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
To: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 031558/0823 →
RE-RECORD TO CORRECT THE NAME OF AN ASSIGNEE ON A DOCUMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL 020994, FRAME 0558. (ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST) Recorded Sep 16, 2008
From: TSAI, CHENG-WEN; HSU, MING CHUN
To: SILITEK ELECTRONIC (GUANCZHOU) CO., LTD.; LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021541/0223 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2008
From: TSAI, CHENG-WEN; HSU, MING-CHUN
To: SILITEK ELECTRONIC; LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020994/0558 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2008 1 0025831 · Jan 12, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090180820A1 · Jul 16, 2009