Invention Grant
US08867976B2 Fixing device, image forming apparatus incorporating same, and method of heating fixing member
有权
固定装置,结合其的成像装置以及加热固定构件的方法
- Patent Title: Fixing device, image forming apparatus incorporating same, and method of heating fixing member
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置,结合其的成像装置以及加热固定构件的方法
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Application No.: US13028597Application Date: 2011-02-16
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Publication No.: US08867976B2Publication Date: 2014-10-21
- Inventor: Ippei Fujimoto , Kenji Ishii , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Naoki Iwaya , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Tetsuo Tokuda , Takahiro Imada , Takamasa Hase , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Takuya Seshita
- Applicant: Ippei Fujimoto , Kenji Ishii , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Naoki Iwaya , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Tetsuo Tokuda , Takahiro Imada , Takamasa Hase , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Takuya Seshita
- 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: JP2010-053123 20100310; JP2010-211913 20100922
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a support member fixedly provided inside a loop formed by a fixing member to support a nip formation member provided inside the loop formed by the fixing member. A biasing member is provided between the support member and a heater support that supports a laminated heater that generates heat to be transmitted to the fixing member. The heater support thermally expands in a first direction due to heat generated by the laminated heater. The biasing member applies bias to the heater support in a second direction opposite the first direction and in which the heater support presses the laminated heater against an inner circumferential surface of the fixing member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110222930A1 FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME, AND METHOD OF HEATING FIXING MEMBER Public/Granted day:2011-09-15
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