Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same having a laminated heater with a flexible heat generation sheet
- Patent Title (中): 具有层叠加热器的具有柔性发热片的固定装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12946347Application Date: 2010-11-15
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Publication No.: US08437675B2Publication Date: 2013-05-07
- Inventor: Kenji Ishii , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Naoki Iwaya , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Yutaka Ikebuchii , Tetsuo Tokuda , Takahiro Imada , Takamasa Hase , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Ippei Fujimoto
- Applicant: Kenji Ishii , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Naoki Iwaya , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Yutaka Ikebuchii , Tetsuo Tokuda , Takahiro Imada , Takamasa Hase , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Ippei Fujimoto
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2009-271998 20091130; JP2010-020092 20100201
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20
Abstract:
A fixing device includes a pressing member pressed against a fixing member to form a nip between the pressing member and the fixing member through which a recording medium bearing a toner image passes. A heater support provided inside the fixing member supports a laminated heater. The laminated heater is provided between the fixing member and the heater support and includes a flexible, first heat generation sheet that includes an insulating base layer, at least one resistant heat generation layer provided on the base layer to generate heat, and at least one electrode layer provided on the base layer to supply power to the at least one resistant heat generation layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110129268A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2011-06-02
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