Invention Grant
US08498561B2 Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same having a reinforcing member including first and second flanges
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包括具有包括第一和第二凸缘的加强构件的固定装置和图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same having a reinforcing member including first and second flanges
- Patent Title (中): 包括具有包括第一和第二凸缘的加强构件的固定装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12946276Application Date: 2010-11-15
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Publication No.: US08498561B2Publication Date: 2013-07-30
- Inventor: Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Kenji Ishii , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Naoki Iwaya , Tetsuo Tokuda , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Takahiro Imada , Takamasa Hase , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Kenichi Hasegawa , Akira Shinshi , Ippei Fujimoto
- Applicant: Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Kenji Ishii , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Naoki Iwaya , Tetsuo Tokuda , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Takahiro Imada , Takamasa Hase , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Kenichi Hasegawa , Akira Shinshi , 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: JP2009-261603 20091117
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
A fixing device includes an endless belt, a fuser pad, a pressure member, a tubular belt holder, and a reinforcing member. The endless belt is looped into a generally cylindrical configuration extending in an axial direction. The fuser pad extends in the axial direction inside the loop of endless belt. The pressure member extends in the axial direction with the belt interposed between the fuser pad and the pressure member. The pressure member is pressed against the fuser pad through the fuser belt to form a fixing nip. The belt holder extends in the axial direction inside the loop of endless belt to retain the belt in shape along an outer circumference thereof. The belt holder accommodates the fuser pad in a longitudinal side slot defined on one side thereof. The reinforcing member is disposed inside the tubular belt holder to reinforce the belt holder around the side slot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110116848A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2011-05-19
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