Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and fixing device used therein
- Patent Title (中): 其中使用的图像形成装置和定影装置
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Application No.: US12539715Application Date: 2009-08-12
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Publication No.: US08195057B2Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: Toshiharu Hachisuka
- Applicant: Toshiharu Hachisuka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-212390 20080821
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier on which a toner image is formed, a transfer unit to transfer the toner image from the image carrier onto a recording medium, a fixing device to fix the toner image on the recording medium, and a cooling device to cool a heating member of the fixing device. The fixing device includes a pressure member to apply pressure to the toner image on the recording medium, the heating member to heat the toner image on the recording medium, a heating device to heat the heating member, and a first power supply to supply power to the heating device. The cooling device is supplied with power by a second power supply separate from the first power supply.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100046973A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FIXING DEVICE USED THEREIN Public/Granted day:2010-02-25
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