Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置和包含其的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12857953Application Date: 2010-08-17
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Publication No.: US08401414B2Publication Date: 2013-03-19
- Inventor: Masaaki Yoshikawa , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Kenji Ishii , Naoki Iwaya , Takahiro Imada , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Takamasa Hase , Tetsuo Tokuda , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Kenichi Hasegawa , Ippei Fujimoto , Akira Shinshi
- Applicant: Masaaki Yoshikawa , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Kenji Ishii , Naoki Iwaya , Takahiro Imada , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Takamasa Hase , Tetsuo Tokuda , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Kenichi Hasegawa , Ippei Fujimoto , Akira Shinshi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2009-203497 20090903; JP2010-107357 20100507
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
In a fixing device, a pressing member rotates in a predetermined direction of rotation. A flexible endless fixing member rotates in accordance with rotation of the pressing member. A nip formation member is provided inside a loop formed by the fixing member and pressed against the pressing member via the fixing member to form a nip between the fixing member and the pressing member through which a recording medium bearing a toner image passes. A first heat generator faces an inner circumferential surface of the fixing member at a position other than the nip to heat the fixing member. A second heat generator faces the inner circumferential surface of the fixing member at a position other than the nip to heat the fixing member, and is disposed adjacent to the first heat generator along the inner circumferential surface of the fixing member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110052237A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2011-03-03
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