Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置和包含其的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12882971Application Date: 2010-09-15
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Publication No.: US08457540B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Satoshi Muramatsu , Kunihiko Tomita , Misaki Shimizu
- Applicant: Satoshi Muramatsu , Kunihiko Tomita , Misaki Shimizu
- 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: JP2009-213295 20090915; JP2009-236543 20091013; JP2010-023831 20100205
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20
Abstract:
A belt-fixing device to fix a toner image on a sheet includes an endless belt, a first roller disposed inside the endless belt, a second roller disposed in contact with the first roller via the endless belt, forming a fixing nip therebetween through which a recording medium passes, and a ring shape edge for controlling movement of the belt in an axial direction, provided on an inner surface of the endless belt. The ring shape edge is positioned between the first roller and the second roller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110064493A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2011-03-17
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