公开(公告)号：US09176440B2

公开(公告)日：2015-11-03

申请号：US14446812

申请日：2014-07-30

申请人： Haruyuki Honda ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Misaki Shimizu ,  Keisuke Kawabata

发明人： Haruyuki Honda ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Misaki Shimizu ,  Keisuke Kawabata

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2053 ,  G03G15/2017 ,  G03G15/2039 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device includes a fixing rotator and an abutment rotator contacting the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a recording medium is conveyed. A heater is disposed opposite the fixing rotator to heat the fixing rotator. A thermopile array is disposed opposite an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator to detect a temperature of the outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator. The thermopile array is tilted with respect to the outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator to cause a bisector dividing a view angle of the thermopile array in an axial direction of the fixing rotator into two equal parts and a rotation axis of the fixing rotator to define an outboard angle and an inboard angle disposed inboard from the outboard angle in the axial direction of the fixing rotator and different from the outboard angle.

摘要翻译： 固定装置包括固定旋转器和与定影旋转器接触的邻接旋转器，以在其间传送记录介质的定影辊隙。 加热器与定影旋转器相对设置，以加热定影旋转器。 热电堆阵列与定影旋转器的外周面相对设置，以检测定影旋转器的外圆周表面的温度。 热电堆阵列相对于固定旋转体的外圆周表面倾斜，使平分线将热电堆阵列在固定旋转器的轴向上的视角分成两个等份和定影旋转器的旋转轴，以限定 外侧角和从内侧角度设置在固定旋转体的轴向方向上的外侧角并且与外侧角不同的内侧角。

公开(公告)号：US09223268B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-29

申请号：US14470203

申请日：2014-08-27

申请人： Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Masahiro Samei ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Misaki Shimizu ,  Yukiko Nakajima ,  Keisuke Kawabata ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Haruyuki Honda

发明人： Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Masahiro Samei ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Misaki Shimizu ,  Yukiko Nakajima ,  Keisuke Kawabata ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Haruyuki Honda

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2053 ,  G03G2215/2025

摘要： A fixing device includes a first support and a second support to rotatably support a fixing rotator at a first lateral end and a second lateral end of the fixing rotator in an axial direction thereof. A first stopper is mounted on the first support. A second stopper is mounted on the second support. A first skew restraint projects from an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator radially at the first lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof. A second skew restraint projects from the outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator radially at the second lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof. The second skew restraint comes into contact with the second stopper as the fixing rotator moves in the axial direction thereof toward the first support.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括第一支撑件和第二支撑件，用于在固定旋转器的轴向方向上的第一横向端部和第二横向端部处可旋转地支撑固定旋转器。 第一止动件安装在第一支架上。 第二止动件安装在第二支架上。 第一偏斜约束从定影旋转器的外周面在固定旋转体的第一横向端部沿其轴向方向径向地突出。 第二歪斜约束从定影旋转器的外周面在固定旋转体的第二横向端部沿其轴向方向径向地突出。 随着固定旋转体沿其轴向朝向第一支撑件移动，第二歪斜约束与第二止动件接触。

公开(公告)号：US20150177659A1

公开(公告)日：2015-06-25

申请号：US14577226

申请日：2014-12-19

申请人： Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Keisuke Kawabata ,  Misaki Shimizu ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Haruyuki Honda

发明人： Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Keisuke Kawabata ,  Misaki Shimizu ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Haruyuki Honda

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2078 ,  G01J5/12 ,  G01J2005/123 ,  G01J2005/126 ,  G03G15/2039 ,  G03G15/2053 ,  G03G15/2064 ,  G03G21/20

摘要： A fixing device includes a fixing rotator and a pressure rotator contacting the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween, through which recording media of a plurality of sizes are conveyed. The recording media create a plurality of non-conveyance spans on a lateral end of the fixing rotator in an axial direction thereof where the recording media are not conveyed. A heater is disposed opposite the fixing rotator to heat the fixing rotator. A multi-view thermopile array is disposed opposite an outer circumferential surface of the lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof and angled relative to the fixing rotator to detect a temperature of the fixing rotator. The thermopile array includes an inboard temperature detection element directed to a conveyance span on the fixing rotator where the recording medium of a decreased size is conveyed.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括固定旋转器和与定影旋转器接触的压力旋转器，以在其间形成多个尺寸的记录介质。 记录介质在固定旋转器的横向端部沿其轴向方向产生多个非输送跨度，其中不传送记录介质。 加热器与定影旋转器相对设置，以加热定影旋转器。 多视点热电堆阵列与固定转子的横向端部的外周面沿其轴向相对设置并相对于固定旋转体成角度，以检测定影旋转体的温度。 热电堆阵列包括一个内部温度检测元件，该内部温度检测元件被引导到传送尺寸减小的记录介质的定影旋转器上的输送跨度。

公开(公告)号：US09285737B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-15

申请号：US14577226

申请日：2014-12-19

申请人： Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Keisuke Kawabata ,  Misaki Shimizu ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Haruyuki Honda

发明人： Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Keisuke Kawabata ,  Misaki Shimizu ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Haruyuki Honda

IPC分类号： G03G15/20 ,  G03G21/20 ,  G01J5/12

CPC分类号： G03G15/2078 ,  G01J5/12 ,  G01J2005/123 ,  G01J2005/126 ,  G03G15/2039 ,  G03G15/2053 ,  G03G15/2064 ,  G03G21/20

摘要： A fixing device includes a fixing rotator and a pressure rotator contacting the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween, through which recording media of a plurality of sizes are conveyed. The recording media create a plurality of non-conveyance spans on a lateral end of the fixing rotator in an axial direction thereof where the recording media are not conveyed. A heater is disposed opposite the fixing rotator to heat the fixing rotator. A multi-view thermopile array is disposed opposite an outer circumferential surface of the lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof and angled relative to the fixing rotator to detect a temperature of the fixing rotator. The thermopile array includes an inboard temperature detection element directed to a conveyance span on the fixing rotator where the recording medium of a decreased size is conveyed.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括固定旋转器和与定影旋转器接触的压力旋转器，以在其间形成多个尺寸的记录介质。 记录介质在固定旋转器的横向端部沿其轴向方向产生多个非输送跨度，其中不传送记录介质。 加热器与定影旋转器相对设置，以加热定影旋转器。 多视点热电堆阵列与固定转子的横向端部的外周面沿其轴向相对设置并相对于固定旋转体成角度，以检测定影旋转体的温度。 热电堆阵列包括一个内部温度检测元件，该内部温度检测元件被引导到传送尺寸减小的记录介质的定影旋转器上的输送跨度。

公开(公告)号：US20150050046A1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-19

申请号：US14446812

申请日：2014-07-30

申请人： Haruyuki Honda ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Misaki Shimizu ,  Keisuke Kawabata

发明人： Haruyuki Honda ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Misaki Shimizu ,  Keisuke Kawabata

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2053 ,  G03G15/2017 ,  G03G15/2039 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device includes a fixing rotator and an abutment rotator contacting the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a recording medium is conveyed. A heater is disposed opposite the fixing rotator to heat the fixing rotator. A thermopile array is disposed opposite an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator to detect a temperature of the outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator. The thermopile array is tilted with respect to the outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator to cause a bisector dividing a view angle of the thermopile array in an axial direction of the fixing rotator into two equal parts and a rotation axis of the fixing rotator to define an outboard angle and an inboard angle disposed inboard from the outboard angle in the axial direction of the fixing rotator and different from the outboard angle.

摘要翻译： 固定装置包括固定旋转器和与定影旋转器接触的邻接旋转器，以在其间传送记录介质的定影辊隙。 加热器与定影旋转器相对设置，以加热定影旋转器。 热电堆阵列与定影旋转器的外周面相对设置，以检测定影旋转器的外圆周表面的温度。 热电堆阵列相对于固定旋转体的外圆周表面倾斜，使平分线将热电堆阵列在固定旋转器的轴向上的视角分成两个等份和定影旋转器的旋转轴，以限定 外侧角和从内侧角度设置在固定旋转体的轴向方向上的外侧角并且与外侧角不同的内侧角。

公开(公告)号：US09599941B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-21

申请号：US14582365

申请日：2014-12-24

申请人： Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Keisuke Kawabata ,  Haruyuki Honda

发明人： Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Keisuke Kawabata ,  Haruyuki Honda

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2057 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： 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.

公开(公告)号：US08977156B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-10

申请号：US14173171

申请日：2014-02-05

申请人： Takeshi Yamamoto ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Takumi Waida ,  Masahiro Samei ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Yasunori Ishigaya

发明人： Takeshi Yamamoto ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Takumi Waida ,  Masahiro Samei ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Yasunori Ishigaya

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2042 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device includes a rotatable, endless fixing belt; a rotatable contact member configured to contact a circumferential surface of the fixing belt to form a nip in association with the fixing belt; and a heating member disposed at an interior surface of the fixing belt, configured to heat the fixing belt. The heating member includes a multiple heat sources arranged along the width of a sheet of recording media in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction. A controller changes an area to be heated by each heat source based on image data and corresponding to an unfixed image on the sheet. The fixing belt is heated by the heating member so that the unfixed image on the sheet that has been conveyed to the nip is fixed onto the sheet at least with heat. The heating member is disposed at a portion other than the fixing nip.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括可旋转的环形定影带; 可旋转接触构件，其构造成接触所述定影带的周向表面以与所述定影带相关联地形成辊隙; 以及设置在所述定影带的内表面处的加热构件，其构造成加热所述定影带。 加热构件包括沿垂直于片材输送方向的方向沿着记录介质片的宽度布置的多个热源。 控制器基于图像数据改变每个热源要加热的区域，并对应于片材上的未定影图像。 定影带被加热部件加热，使得已经输送到辊隙的片材上的未定影图像至少热固定在片材上。 加热构件设置在定影夹持部以外的部分。

公开(公告)号：US09122212B2

公开(公告)日：2015-09-01

申请号：US14161078

申请日：2014-01-22

申请人： Ippei Fujimoto ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Masahiro Samei ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Takumi Waida ,  Takeshi Yamamoto

发明人： Ippei Fujimoto ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Masahiro Samei ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Takumi Waida ,  Takeshi Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2042 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device includes a fixing rotary body, an opposed member opposing the fixing rotary body to form a nipping portion, and a heater to heat the fixing rotary body. The heater includes heat generators arranged in a width direction of a recording medium and separately supplied with power. When an unfixed image on the medium has an image area and a non-image area, power supplied to each of the heat generators is controlled so that, of the heat generators, a first heat generator corresponding to the image area becomes a higher temperature and second heat generators corresponding to the non-image area becomes a lower temperature. When the second heat generators are adjacent to each other, power supplied to one of the second heat generators closer to the image area is set to be greater than power supplied to another of the second heat generators farther from the image area.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括固定旋转体，与定影旋转体相对的相对构件以形成夹持部分，以及加热器来加热定影旋转体。 加热器包括沿记录介质的宽度方向布置并分开供电的发热体。 当介质上的未定影图像具有图像区域和非图像区域时，控制供应给每个发热体的功率，使得在发热体中，对应于图像区域的第一热发生器变得更高温度， 对应于非图像区域的第二热发生器变为较低温度。 当第二发热体彼此相邻时，供给到靠近图像区域的第二热发生器中的一个的功率被设定为大于向图像区域更远的另一个第二发热体提供的功率。

公开(公告)号：US09075357B2

公开(公告)日：2015-07-07

申请号：US14174134

申请日：2014-02-06

申请人： Kazuhito Kishi ,  Takumi Waida ,  Masahiro Samei ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Takeshi Yamamoto ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Takashi Fujita

发明人： Kazuhito Kishi ,  Takumi Waida ,  Masahiro Samei ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Takeshi Yamamoto ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Takashi Fujita

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2042

摘要： A fixing device includes a rotatable fixing member to rotate while contacting an unfixed image; a pressure member to form a fixing nip with the fixing member; a heating member having a plurality of heating elements divided in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of a sheet; a heat performance sensor to detect heating performance of each heating element of the heating member, and a controller to control the heating member. The controller controls each heating element independently such that a temperature of a portion of the fixing member corresponding to a blank area becomes lower than the temperature of a portion of the fixing member corresponding to an image area; and controls the temperature to be maintained at each heating element based on the detection result of the heating performance of each heating element detected by the heat performance sensor.

摘要翻译： 固定装置包括可旋转的固定构件，以在接触未定影图像的同时旋转; 压力构件，用于与所述固定构件形成定影辊隙; 加热构件，其具有沿与片材的输送方向垂直的方向分割的多个加热元件; 用于检测加热构件的每个加热元件的加热性能的热性能传感器，以及用于控制加热构件的控制器。 控制器独立地控制每个加热元件，使得对应于空白区域的固定构件的一部分的温度变得低于对应于图像区域的固定构件的一部分的温度; 并且根据由热性能传感器检测到的各加热元件的加热性能的检测结果来控制在各加热元件上保持的温度。

公开(公告)号：US09069302B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-30

申请号：US14167121

申请日：2014-01-29

申请人： Masahiro Samei ,  Takumi Waida ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Takeshi Yamamoto ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Ryota Yamashina

发明人： Masahiro Samei ,  Takumi Waida ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Takeshi Yamamoto ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Ryota Yamashina

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2039 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device includes a fixing rotary body, an opposed member, a heater, and a heating controller. The opposed member opposes the fixing rotary body to form a nipping portion therebetween. The heater includes heat generators arranged in a width direction of a recording medium. When the recording medium fed to the nipping portion has an image area and a non-image area, the heating controller controls the outputs of the heat generators based on image information so that a first heat generator of the heat generators corresponding to the image area is higher in temperature and a second heat generator of the heat generators corresponding to the non-image area is lower in temperature. Based on information other than the image information, the heating controller temporarily shifts an area of the fixing rotary body corresponding to the non-image area to a temperature differing from a normal temperature.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括固定旋转体，相对构件，加热器和加热控制器。 相对的构件与固定旋转体相对，以在它们之间形成夹紧部分。 加热器包括沿记录介质的宽度方向布置的热发生器。 当馈送到夹持部分的记录介质具有图像区域和非图像区域时，加热控制器基于图像信息控制发热体的输出，使得与图像区域对应的热发生器的第一热发生器为 对应于非图像区域的发热体的温度越高，第二发热体的温度越低。 基于除了图像信息之外的信息，加热控制器将与非图像区域相对应的定影旋转体的区域临时移动到与正常温度不同的温度。