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.: US13016342Application Date: 2011-01-28
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Publication No.: US08548366B2Publication Date: 2013-10-01
- Inventor: Tetsuo Tokuda , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Kenji Ishii , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Naoki Iwaya , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Takahiro Imada , Takamasa Hase , Ippei Fujimoto , Toshihiko Shimokawa
- Applicant: Tetsuo Tokuda , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Kenji Ishii , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Naoki Iwaya , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Takahiro Imada , Takamasa Hase , Ippei Fujimoto , Toshihiko Shimokawa
- 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: JP2010-046534 20100303
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20
Abstract:
A fixing device includes a fixing member formed into a loop inside which a nip formation member, a core holder, a heater support, and a laminated heater are provided, and a pressing member provided outside the loop formed by the fixing member. The pressing member is pressed against the nip formation member via the fixing member. The heater support is between the laminated heater and the nip formation member to support the laminated heater. The core holder is between the nip formation member and the heater support to support the nip formation member and the heater support.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110217093A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2011-09-08
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