Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
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Application No.: US15635564Application Date: 2017-06-28
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Publication No.: US10168649B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Tomoya Adachi
- Applicant: Tomoya Adachi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2016-133504 20160705
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a nip formation pad, an endless fixing rotator, a pressure rotator, and a lubricant transfer portion. The endless fixing rotator has an inner circumferential surface adhered with a lubricant. The pressure rotator is pressed against the nip formation pad via the fixing rotator to form a nip through which an image is fixed on a recording medium. The lubricant transfer portion transfers the lubricant toward a center side in a width direction perpendicular to a rotational direction of the fixing rotator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180011434A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2018-01-11
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