Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus including same
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Application No.: US12879875Application Date: 2010-09-10
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Publication No.: US08463168B2Publication Date: 2013-06-11
- Inventor: Ippei Fujimoto , Akira Shinshi , Naoki Iwaya , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Shuntaroh Tamaki , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Kenichi Hasegawa
- Applicant: Ippei Fujimoto , Akira Shinshi , Naoki Iwaya , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Shuntaroh Tamaki , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Kenichi Hasegawa
- 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: JP2009-208826 20090910
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device to fix a toner image on a sheet includes a first rotary member that rotates in a predetermined direction and a second rotary member that contacts an outer circumferential surface of the first rotary member. A stationary member is fixed inside the first rotary member to press the first and second rotary members together to form a nip portion between the rotary members. A reinforcement member is fixedly provided inside the first rotary member and pressed against the stationary member. The fixing device includes heat source to heat the first rotary member and a reflector to reflect heater light emitted from the heat source toward the first rotary member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110058864A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME Public/Granted day:2011-03-10
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