Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US14015035Application Date: 2013-08-30
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Publication No.: US09229379B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Shuntaroh Tamaki , Takayuki Seki , Yuji Arai , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Kazuya Saito , Naoki Iwaya , Toshihiko Shimokawa
- Applicant: Shuntaroh Tamaki , Takayuki Seki , Yuji Arai , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Yutaka Ikebuchi , Kazuya Saito , Naoki Iwaya , Toshihiko Shimokawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2012-199365 20120911; JP2012-202620 20120914; JP2012-203281 20120914
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a rotatable fixing member; a heating source configured to heat the fixing member; an opposing member configured to come into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the fixing member to form a nip portion; and a shielding member configured to block heat from the heating source. The shielding member is configured to rotate about a position different from the center of the heating source so as to be movable between a shielding position and a retraction position. The shielding position is a position where the shielding member comes close to the heating source to block heat from the heating source to the fixing member. The retraction position being a position where the shielding member is retracted away from the shielding position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140072355A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-03-13
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