Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pressing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
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Application No.: US17694719Application Date: 2022-03-15
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Publication No.: US11762317B2Publication Date: 2023-09-19
- Inventor: Yukimichi Someya , Hiroyuki Shimada , Daisuke Inoue , Yuusuke Furuichi , Satoshi Tohkai , Yumiko Hayashi
- 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: JP 21048160 2021.03.23 JP 21159201 2021.09.29
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A pressing device includes a rotator, a secured member, a pressure rotator, and lubricant. The rotator has flexibility and a sleeve form and includes an inner portion having a sliding surface. The inner portion has an elastic power of 55% or more. The secured member is inside a loop of the rotator and has a slide surface on which the sliding surface of the rotator is to slide. The slide surface has a smaller surface roughness than a surface roughness of the sliding surface. The pressure rotator presses the rotator against the secured member and forms a nip between the rotator and the pressure rotator. The lubricant between the rotator and the secured member has a consistency of 275 or less.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220308511A1 PRESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2022-09-29
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