Invention Grant
US08688021B2 Glossing device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus incorporating same
有权
光泽装置,固定装置和包含其的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Glossing device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus incorporating same
- Patent Title (中): 光泽装置,固定装置和包含其的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13471878Application Date: 2012-05-15
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Publication No.: US08688021B2Publication Date: 2014-04-01
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Kunii , Akiyasu Amita , Satoshi Muramatsu , Kunihiko Tomita
- Applicant: Hiroyuki Kunii , Akiyasu Amita , Satoshi Muramatsu , Kunihiko Tomita
- 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: JP2011-137464 20110621
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A glossing device includes a first roller, a second roller, an endless rotary belt, a third roller, a heater, a belt cooler, and a suction mechanism. The second roller is disposed parallel to the first roller. The endless rotary belt is looped for rotation around the first and second rollers. The third roller is disposed opposite the first roller via the belt. The heater is disposed adjacent to the belt to heat the belt. The first and third rollers press against each other via the belt to form a nip therebetween. The belt cooler is disposed inside the loop of the belt downstream from the first roller and upstream from the second roller for cooling the belt. The belt cooler includes at least two mutually spaced cooling elements that together form a gapped contact surface for establishing thermal contact with the belt.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120328344A1 GLOSSING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2012-12-27
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