Invention Grant
US08428499B2 Image forming apparatus, and fixing apparatus having a heating member to heat a fixing member
有权
图像形成装置以及具有用于加热定影构件的加热构件的定影装置
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus, and fixing apparatus having a heating member to heat a fixing member
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置以及具有用于加热定影构件的加热构件的定影装置
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Application No.: US12153632Application Date: 2008-05-22
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Publication No.: US08428499B2Publication Date: 2013-04-23
- Inventor: Akira Shinshi
- Applicant: Akira Shinshi
- 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: JP2007-135044 20070522; JP2008-044643 20080226
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/08
Abstract:
A fixing apparatus includes a flexible endless fixing member that moves in a predetermined direction for heating and melting a toner image, a heating member that is fixed to the fixing member in a position facing at least a part of an inner peripheral surface of the fixing member for heating the fixing member, and a pressing member that provides a nipping part by pressing into contact with the fixing member for conveying a recording medium. The heating member includes a metal plate subjected to a bending process.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080298862A1 Fixing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and heating member Public/Granted day:2008-12-04
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