Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15011982Application Date: 2016-02-01
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Publication No.: US09778606B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Takayuki Seki , Susumu Matsusaka , Yasuhiko Ogino , Shohta Kobashigawa , Kenji Ishii , Kazuhito Kishi , Takashi Seto , Ippei Fujimoto , Kazunari Sawada , Hiroshi Yoshinaga
- Applicant: Takayuki Seki , Susumu Matsusaka , Yasuhiko Ogino , Shohta Kobashigawa , Kenji Ishii , Kazuhito Kishi , Takashi Seto , Ippei Fujimoto , Kazunari Sawada , Hiroshi Yoshinaga
- 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: JP2015-025271 20150212; JP2015-245000 20151216
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a first heater and a second heater disposed inside a fixing rotator to heat the fixing rotator. The first heater generates an increased amount of heat and includes a first heat generator having a first heating span in a longitudinal direction of the first heater. The second heater generates a decreased amount of heat and includes a second heat generator having a second heating span in a longitudinal direction of the second heater. A partition is interposed between the first heater and the second heater to define a first compartment having an increased size and accommodating the first heater and a second compartment having a decreased size and accommodating the second heater.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160238975A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-08-18
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