Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus including fixing device with lubricant movement restrictors
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Application No.: US15379354Application Date: 2016-12-14
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Publication No.: US09989897B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Jun Okamoto , Hiroyuki Shimada , Yoshio Hattori , Haruyuki Honda
- Applicant: Jun Okamoto , Hiroyuki Shimada , Yoshio Hattori , Haruyuki Honda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Duft Bornsen & Fettig LLP
- Priority: JP2015246265 20151217; JP2015246268 20151217
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a rotatable endless fixing belt, a pressure rotator, a nip formation pad, a lubricant impregnated member, and restrictors. The pressure rotator contacts an outer circumferential face of the fixing belt. The nip formation pad is disposed at an inner circumferential side of the fixing belt, to contact the pressure rotator via the fixing belt to form a nip. The lubricant impregnated member is disposed on the nip formation pad to contact an inner circumferential face of the fixing belt. The lubricant impregnated member is impregnated with lubricant. The restrictors, each disposed at an inner side than each end in a width direction of the fixing belt, regulate movement of the lubricant adhering to the fixing belt, toward each end of the fixing belt in the width direction. The restrictors have a lower absorbability of the lubricant than an absorbability of the lubricant impregnated member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170176899A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING FIXING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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