Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
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Application No.: US17987878Application Date: 2022-11-16
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Publication No.: US11921448B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: Shigeo Nanno
- Applicant: Shigeo Nanno
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: XSENSUS LLP
- Priority: JP 22007851 2022.01.21
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a rotator, a pressure member, a conductor, and a heater. The pressing member presses the rotator to form a nip between the rotator and the pressing member. The conductor is grounded and includes a contact portion having a limiting shape to limit a contact area in which the contact portion is in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the rotator. The heater is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the rotator to heat the rotator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230236532A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2023-07-27
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