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.: US12929930Application Date: 2011-02-25
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Publication No.: US08588668B2Publication Date: 2013-11-19
- Inventor: Kenji Ishii , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Naoki Iwaya , Takahiro Imada , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Tetsuo Tokuda , Takamasa Hase , Takuya Seshita , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Ippei Fujimoto
- Applicant: Kenji Ishii , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Naoki Iwaya , Takahiro Imada , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Tetsuo Tokuda , Takamasa Hase , Takuya Seshita , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Ippei Fujimoto
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2010-061897 20100318
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20
Abstract:
A fixing device includes an endless belt-shaped fixing member formed into a loop and rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation, a pressing member contacting an outer circumferential surface of the fixing member, a heater support assembly provided inside the loop formed by the fixing member, and a laminated heater supported by the heater support assembly and provided inside the loop formed by the fixing member. The laminated heater includes an elastic sheet contacting an inner circumferential surface of the fixing member with pressure generated by elasticity of bending of the elastic sheet to heat the fixing member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110229225A1 Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same Public/Granted day:2011-09-22
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