Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heating device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17825421Application Date: 2022-05-26
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Publication No.: US11886134B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Hitoshi Fujiwara
- Applicant: Hitoshi Fujiwara
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP 21097479 2021.06.10
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A heating device includes a heater, a safety device, and a holder. The safety device has a heat-sensitive surface facing the heater. The safety device cuts off power supply to the heater in response to reaching a temperature of the heat-sensitive surface to be equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature. The holder holds the heater. The holder has a through hole that opens toward the heater and includes a step portion disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the through hole. The step portion supports an end of the heat-sensitive surface such that a central portion of the heat-sensitive surface of the safety device is not in contact with the heater.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220397847A1 HEATING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-12-15
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