Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device, image forming apparatus, and fixing method
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置,成像装置和固定方法
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Application No.: US14010823Application Date: 2013-08-27
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Publication No.: US09405239B2Publication Date: 2016-08-02
- Inventor: Yutaka Ikebuchi , Takayuki Seki , Yuji Arai , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Shuntaroh Tamaki , Kazuya Saito
- Applicant: Yutaka Ikebuchi , Takayuki Seki , Yuji Arai , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Shuntaroh Tamaki , Kazuya Saito
- 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: JP2012-203268 20120914; JP2013-092560 20130425
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a fixing rotary body, a heat shield movably disposed opposite the fixing rotary body, an opposed body contacting the fixing rotary body to form a nip therebetween through which a recording medium is conveyed, and a temperature detector to detect a temperature of at least one of the fixing rotary body and the opposed body. A controller, operatively connected to the heat shield and the temperature detector, determines a rotation angled position to which the heat shield is moved based on a size of the recording medium and the temperature of the at least one of the fixing rotary body and the opposed body detected by the temperature detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140079424A1 FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND FIXING METHOD Public/Granted day:2014-03-20
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