Invention Grant
US08483601B2 Transfer fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
有权
转印固定装置和包含其的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Transfer fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
- Patent Title (中): 转印固定装置和包含其的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12659433Application Date: 2010-03-09
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Publication No.: US08483601B2Publication Date: 2013-07-09
- Inventor: Kazuya Saito , Atsushi Nagata , Takashi Fujita , Takashi Seto , Hiromitsu Takagaki
- Applicant: Kazuya Saito , Atsushi Nagata , Takashi Fujita , Takashi Seto , Hiromitsu Takagaki
- 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: JP2009-055830 20090310
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16

Abstract:
A transfer fixing device includes a transfer fixing member, a pressure member, and a primary heater. The transfer fixing member defines a moving surface on which a toner image travels. The pressure member is pressed against the transfer fixing member to define a transfer fixing nip where the toner image traveling along the moving surface meets a surface of a recording medium traveling along the media conveyance path. The primary heater is located upstream of the transfer fixing nip along the media conveyance path to heat the surface of the recording medium before entering the transfer fixing nip. The heated surface of the recording medium fuses toner for transfer and fixing into place at the transfer fixing nip. The pressure member is at least partially electrically biased to generate an electrostatic field to promote transfer of toner at the transfer fixing nip.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100232844A1 Transfer fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same Public/Granted day:2010-09-16
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