- 专利标题: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
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申请号: US16419068申请日: 2019-05-22
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公开(公告)号: US10691049B2公开(公告)日: 2020-06-23
- 发明人: Ippei Fujimoto , Hiroyuki Shimada , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Takashi Seto , Takayuki Seki
- 申请人: Ippei Fujimoto , Hiroyuki Shimada , Yoshiki Yamaguchi , Takashi Seto , Takayuki Seki
- 申请人地址: JP Tokyo
- 专利权人: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- 当前专利权人: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- 当前专利权人地址: JP Tokyo
- 代理机构: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- 优先权: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@48eac697
- 主分类号: G03G15/20
- IPC分类号: G03G15/20
摘要:
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator and a pressure rotator that is disposed opposite the fixing rotator. A nip former is disposed inside a loop formed by the fixing rotator and disposed opposite the pressure rotator via the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip between the fixing rotator and the pressure rotator. The fixing rotator slides over the nip former. A flange supports the fixing rotator at both lateral ends of the fixing rotator in a longitudinal direction of the fixing rotator. The nip former includes a base and a thermal conductor that has a thermal conductivity greater than a thermal conductivity of the base. The base is greater than the thermal conductor in the longitudinal direction of the fixing rotator. The base includes a groove that is disposed outboard at least from the thermal conductor in the longitudinal direction of the fixing rotator.
公开/授权文献
- US20200033777A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS 公开/授权日:2020-01-30