Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置和成像装置结合
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Application No.: US13020289Application Date: 2011-02-03
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Publication No.: US08559839B2Publication Date: 2013-10-15
- Inventor: Takamasa Hase , Kenji Ishii , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Tetsuo Tokuda , Naoki Iwaya , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Takahiro Imada , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Ippei Fujimoto
- Applicant: Takamasa Hase , Kenji Ishii , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Tetsuo Tokuda , Naoki Iwaya , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Takahiro Imada , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , 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: JP2010-025340 20100208
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes an endless fuser belt, a contact member, a pressure member, a heater, a first thermometer, a second thermometer, and a controller. The fuser belt is looped into a generally cylindrical configuration. The contact member extends inside the loop of the fuser belt. The pressure member extends with the fuser interposed between the contact member and the pressure member. The pressure member is pressed against the contact member through the fuser belt to form a fixing nip. The heater includes a first heating element and a second heating element. The first heating element heats the fuser belt at a first position. The second heating element heats the fuser belt at a second position. The first thermometer detects a first temperature of the fuser belt. The second thermometer detects a second temperature of the fuser belt. The controller controls each of the first and second heating elements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110194870A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2011-08-11
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