Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heating device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17840013Application Date: 2022-06-14
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Publication No.: US11947295B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- 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 21111546 2021.07.05
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A heating device includes a heater, a rotator, and a pressure rotator. The heater includes resistive heat generators forming a heat generation area and has a separation area formed by the resistive heat generators. The pressure rotator includes a first region and a second region. The first region faces the heater in a range of 20 mm from a center position of the heat generation area toward an end thereof in the arrangement direction. The second region faces the heater in at least a part of a range of 30 mm from a center position of the separation area toward the center position of the heat generation area. An outer diameter of the pressure rotator increases from the center toward the end. The outer diameter of the second region increases at an increasing rate larger than an increasing rate of the outer diameter of the first region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230004110A1 HEATING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-01-05
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