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US08112022B2 Fixing device, image forming apparatus, and image fixing method capable of stably applying oil for fixing without adhering oil to sheet
有权
固定装置,图像形成装置和图像定影方法,其能够在不将油粘附到片材上的情况下稳定地施加用于定影的油
- Patent Title: Fixing device, image forming apparatus, and image fixing method capable of stably applying oil for fixing without adhering oil to sheet
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置,图像形成装置和图像定影方法,其能够在不将油粘附到片材上的情况下稳定地施加用于定影的油
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Application No.: US12453189Application Date: 2009-05-01
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Publication No.: US08112022B2Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Masami Okamoto , Jun Okamoto , Kazuo Suno , Kenji Nozawa , Naoto Suzuki , Yoshihiro Sonohara , Syoichi Kaneko , Takashi Kagami , Keisuke Kubota , Hiroyuki Shimada
- Applicant: Masami Okamoto , Jun Okamoto , Kazuo Suno , Kenji Nozawa , Naoto Suzuki , Yoshihiro Sonohara , Syoichi Kaneko , Takashi Kagami , Keisuke Kubota , Hiroyuki Shimada
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2008-120434 20080502
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
In a fixing device, a controller switches a pressing member between a pressure application state to contact the pressing member against a fixing member and a pressure release state to separate the pressing member from the fixing member. The controller starts rotation of the pressing member before the pressing member contacts the fixing member in the pressure application state, when the pressing member switches from the pressure release state to the pressure application state. An oil applier includes an oil pan and an oil regulating member. The oil pan is provided under the pressing member to contain oil in which the pressing member is dipped. The oil regulating member is provided downstream from the oil pan in a direction of rotation of the pressing member to contact the pressing member to regulate an amount of oil adhering to the pressing member.
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