Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heater for heating a fixing rotator of a fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating the same
-
Application No.: US14582365Application Date: 2014-12-24
-
Publication No.: US09599941B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Kazuhito Kishi , Yasunori Ishigaya , Ippei Fujimoto , Keisuke Kawabata , Haruyuki Honda
- Applicant: Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Kazuhito Kishi , Yasunori Ishigaya , Ippei Fujimoto , Keisuke Kawabata , Haruyuki Honda
- 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: JP2013-267748 20131225; JP2014-219418 20141028
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20
Abstract:
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and including a heated face and a heater including a contact face contacting the heated face of the fixing rotator. The contact face has a Vickers hardness not greater than about 600 Hv.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150177655A1 HEATER, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-06-25
Information query
