Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heating device with a non-conveyance span temperature detector
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Application No.: US16655392Application Date: 2019-10-17
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Publication No.: US11269274B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Yuusuke Furuichi , Takayuki Seki , Tomoya Adachi
- Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Xsensus LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-223602 20181129
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A heating device includes an endless belt that rotates and a pressure rotator that rotates in a rotation direction. The pressure rotator contacts an outer circumferential surface of the endless belt to form a nip therebetween, through which a heating target having a particular width in an axial direction of the pressure rotator is conveyed. A heater includes a heat generator that defines a conveyance span in the axial direction of the pressure rotator, where the heating target is conveyed, and a non-conveyance span in the axial direction of the pressure rotator, where the heating target is not conveyed. A non-conveyance span temperature detector is disposed opposite the pressure rotator in the non-conveyance span of the heat generator. The non-conveyance span temperature detector detects a temperature of the pressure rotator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200174408A1 HEATING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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