Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device for fixing a toner image on a sheet-shaped recording medium and image formation apparatus
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Application No.: US14311473Application Date: 2014-06-23
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Publication No.: US09645535B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Hironori Yamaoka , Shinichi Namekata , Tsukasa Satoh
- Applicant: Hironori Yamaoka , Shinichi Namekata , Tsukasa Satoh
- 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: JP2013-132921 20130625
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a rotational member configured to convey and heat a sheet-shaped recording medium, the rotational member including a first heating member and a second heating member provided in parallel to a rotational axis of the rotational member in an interior thereof, the first heating member including a first heat generation part, the second heating member including a second heat generation part and an auxiliary heat generation part adjacent to the second heat generation part, a common temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the first heating member and a temperature of the second heating member, and a control part configured to control a ratio of a rate of lighting of the first heating member and a rate of lighting of the second heating member based on the temperature of the first heating member and the temperature of the second heating member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140376938A1 FIXING DEVICE FOR FIXING A TONER IMAGE ON A SHEET-SHAPED RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-12-25
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