Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus including same
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置及其成像装置
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Application No.: US12482684Application Date: 2009-06-11
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Publication No.: US08195076B2Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: Akira Shinshi
- Applicant: Akira Shinshi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-157105 20080616; JP2009-002307 20090108
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device to fix a toner image on a sheet includes a flexible endless belt that rotates in a predetermined direction, an inner circumferential surface of which includes a fluorine-containing surface layer, a rotary member that contacts an outer circumferential surface of the belt, a fixed member fixed inside the belt to press against the rotary member via the belt, forming a nip portion therebetween, a lubricant applied between the belt and the fixed member, and a heat source to heat at least one of the belt and the rotary member. A surface of the fixed member that slidingly contacts the inner circumferential surface of the belt includes a fluorine-containing surface layer. One of the fluorine-containing surface layers is porous, and at least one of the fluorine-containing surface layers has a surface energy greater than a surface tension of the lubricant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090311016A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME Public/Granted day:2009-12-17
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