Invention Grant
US09052658B2 Fixing device with a temperature detector adjacent an easily deformable location and image forming apparatus including same
有权
具有邻近容易变形的位置的温度检测器的定影装置和包括其的成像装置
- Patent Title: Fixing device with a temperature detector adjacent an easily deformable location and image forming apparatus including same
- Patent Title (中): 具有邻近容易变形的位置的温度检测器的定影装置和包括其的成像装置
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Application No.: US13751922Application Date: 2013-01-28
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Publication No.: US09052658B2Publication Date: 2015-06-09
- Inventor: Takeshi Uchitani , Masahiko Satoh , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Kenji Ishii , Tadashi Ogawa , Takahiro Imada , Hiromasa Takagi , Kazuya Saito , Naoki Iwaya , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Kensuke Yamaji , Teppei Kawata , Takamasa Hase , Takuya Seshita , Shuutaroh Yuasa , Arinobu Yoshiura , Hajime Gotoh , Akira Suzuki , Hiroshi Yoshinaga
- Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2012-026030 20120209
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device for fixing an unfixed image onto a recording medium includes a fixing belt, a nip forming member, an opposing rotary member, a heater, and a temperature detector. The fixing belt is formed into a loop to move endlessly and fix the unfixed image on the recording medium. The nip forming member is disposed inside the loop formed by the fixing belt. The opposing rotary member contacts the nip forming member via the fixing belt to form a nip portion therebetween while rotating. The heater heats the fixing belt at a place other than the nip portion. The temperature detector detects a temperature of the surface of the fixing belt. The temperature detector detects the temperature near a place of the fixing belt that easily deforms as the fixing belt is heated by the heater.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130209125A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME Public/Granted day:2013-08-15
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