IP Library Granted Patent US 5,778,294
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US 5,778,294 · App. 08/710,507

Electrophotographic apparatus and belt fixing device with non-uniform nip pressure

Inventors: Chikara Hiraoka, Junichi Matsuno, Hiromitsu Fukuda
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Granted: Jul 7, 1998 Filed: Sep 18, 1996
Inventors
Chikara Hiraoka
Junichi Matsuno
Hiromitsu Fukuda
Assignee (at issue)
HITACHI, LTD.

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Patent No.
US 5,778,294
App. No.
08/710,507
Filed
1996-09-18
Granted
1998-07-07
Kind
A