Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heating device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 加热装置,定影装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12923473Application Date: 2010-09-23
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Publication No.: US08406648B2Publication Date: 2013-03-26
- Inventor: Yasutada Tsukioka
- Applicant: Yasutada Tsukioka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2009-245040 20091026
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A heating device for heating a rotary heated member includes a heater and a temperature detector. The heater faces the rotary heated member to heat the rotary heated member. The temperature detector faces the rotary heated member via the heater to detect a temperature of the rotary heated member. The heater includes a housing provided between the temperature detector and the rotary heated member, a through-hole provided in the housing via which the temperature detector faces the rotary heated member, and a channel provided in the housing at a position downstream from the through-hole in a direction of rotation of the rotary heated member through which an air current generated in a gap between the heater and the rotary heated member moves. The channel has a hollow cross-sectional area greater than a hollow cross-sectional area of the through-hole.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110097098A1 Heating device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2011-04-28
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