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.: US13752679Application Date: 2013-01-29
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Publication No.: US09405270B2Publication Date: 2016-08-02
- Inventor: Tadashi Ogawa , Kenji Ishii , Teppei Kawata , Arinobu Yoshiura , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Kensuke Yamaji , Yuji Arai , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Hiromasa Takagi , Naoki Iwaya , Takahiro Imada , Hajime Gotoh , Akira Suzuki , Masaaki Yoshikawa
- Applicant: Tadashi Ogawa , Kenji Ishii , Teppei Kawata , Arinobu Yoshiura , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Kensuke Yamaji , Yuji Arai , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Hiromasa Takagi , Naoki Iwaya , Takahiro Imada , Hajime Gotoh , Akira Suzuki , Masaaki Yoshikawa
- 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: JP2012-026354 20120209
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; G03G15/20
Abstract:
A fixing device capable of incorporating in an image forming apparatus includes a belt unit including a rotatable elastic endless belt having a sleeve shape without a driving shaft and a nip forming member disposed contactable against an inner surface of the endless belt, and a pressing member to form a nip contact portion through which a recording medium passes by pressing against the nip forming member via the endless belt. The endless belt is configured to be removable from the fixing device without contacting the endless belt.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130209139A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2013-08-15
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