Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15684298Application Date: 2017-08-23
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Publication No.: US10295937B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Kazunari Sawada , Ippei Fujimoto , Kenji Ishii , Hiroyuki Shimada , Takashi Seto , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Takayuki Seki
- Applicant: Kazunari Sawada , Ippei Fujimoto , Kenji Ishii , Hiroyuki Shimada , Takashi Seto , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Takayuki Seki
- 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: JP2016-171042 20160901; JP2017-133681 20170707
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a heat generator being disposed inside a loop formed by a rotator and including a heat generating portion to radiate radiant heat. A reflector is disposed inside the loop formed by the rotator and includes a reflection face to reflect the radiant heat radiated from the heat generator toward the rotator. A support supports the reflector. A holder holds each lateral end of the support in a longitudinal direction of the support, which is perpendicular to the rotation direction of the rotator. A fastener attaches the reflector to the support at an attachment position disposed at each lateral end of the reflector in a longitudinal direction of the reflector. The attachment position is disposed outboard from a lateral edge of the heat generating portion of the heat generator and disposed inboard from the holder in the longitudinal direction of the reflector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180059587A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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