公开(公告)号：US20170102652A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-13

申请号：US15384838

申请日：2016-12-20

申请人： Takahiro IMADA ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Yuji Arai ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa ,  Hajime Gotoh

发明人： Takahiro IMADA ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Yuji Arai ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa ,  Hajime Gotoh

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2053 ,  G03G15/2064 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： According to an embodiments, a fixing device includes: an endless fixing member; a heating unit that is provided inside an inner peripheral surface of the fixing member; and a nip forming unit that comes into press-contact with a rotationally driven pressing member with the fixing member interposed therebetween to form a nip. The nip forming unit has a shape in which a center of a contact surface protrudes toward the pressing member compared to both ends. The nip forming unit has a protruding amount at a center toward the pressing member compared to both ends of the nip forming unit in no-load state is set to be less than a bent amount of the nip forming unit when the nip forming unit comes into press-contact with the pressing member with the fixing member interposed therebetween.

公开(公告)号：US08983353B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-17

申请号：US13993229

申请日：2011-11-22

申请人： Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Yuji Arai ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Takahiro Imada ,  Hajime Gotoh ,  Ippei Fujimoto

发明人： Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Yuji Arai ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Takahiro Imada ,  Hajime Gotoh ,  Ippei Fujimoto

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2085 ,  G03G15/2017 ,  G03G15/2028 ,  G03G15/2064 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing apparatus includes: a fixing belt; a pressurizing roller; a supporting member; a heating unit; a nip forming member; and a deform preventing unit. The fixing apparatus and an image forming apparatus including the fixing apparatus prevent a supporting member from deforming due to sliding of a fixing member, improving energy conservation and durability of parts and obtaining a good image.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括：定影带; 加压辊; 支撑构件; 加热单元 辊隙形成构件; 和变形防止单元。 定影装置和包括定影装置的图像形成装置防止支撑构件由于固定构件的滑动而变形，从而提高部件的节能和耐久性并获得良好的图像。

公开(公告)号：US08792797B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-29

申请号：US13410821

申请日：2012-03-02

申请人： Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Yuji Arai ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Takahiro Imada ,  Hajime Gotoh ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa

发明人： Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Yuji Arai ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Takahiro Imada ,  Hajime Gotoh ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2039

摘要： A fixing device includes a fuser member, a heater, a thermometer, and a power supply controller. The fuser member is subjected to heating. The heater is adjacent to the fuser member to heat the fuser member. The thermometer is adjacent to the fuser member to detect an operational temperature of the fuser member. The power supply controller controls power supply to the heater by adjusting a duty cycle. The controller includes a duty cycle calculator, a driver circuit, and a duty cycle modifier. The duty cycle calculator is operatively connected to the thermometer to calculate a primary value of the duty cycle based on the operational temperature. The driver circuit is operatively connected to the duty cycle calculator to supply power to the heater according to the duty cycle. The duty cycle modifier is connected between the duty cycle calculator and the driver circuit to modify the duty cycle.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括定影器构件，加热器，温度计和电源控制器。 定影部件经受加热。 加热器与定影器构件相邻以加热定影器构件。 温度计与定影器构件相邻以检测定影器构件的操作温度。 电源控制器通过调整占空比控制加热器的电源。 控制器包括占空比计算器，驱动器电路和占空比修正器。 占空比计算器可操作地连接到温度计，以基于工作温度计算占空比的主要值。 驱动器电路可操作地连接到占空比计算器，以根据占空比为加热器供电。 占空比修正器连接在占空比计算器和驱动器电路之间，以修改占空比。

公开(公告)号：US08676104B2

公开(公告)日：2014-03-18

申请号：US13315581

申请日：2011-12-09

申请人： Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Hajime Gotoh ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Takahiro Imada ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Yuji Arai ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Ippei Fujimoto

发明人： Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Hajime Gotoh ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Takahiro Imada ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Yuji Arai ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Ippei Fujimoto

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2053 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device, including a fixing member; a pressure member; a nip forming member; a reinforcing member; a heating member; and a flange member including a cylinder inserted in an inner circumference at an edge of the fixing member in an axial direction thereof and a flange fixed on a frame of the fixing device, wherein the cylinder of the flange member includes a notch storing the nip forming member at a part on the circumference, has an arc-shaped outer circumferential cross-section at an area corresponding to an area where the fixing member is heated by the heating member, having a predetermined radius equivalent to a radius of the fixing member, and the arc has a center located at an upstream side in a recording medium feeding direction relative to a center line of the nip forming member in the recording medium feeding direction.

摘要翻译： 一种定影装置，包括固定构件; 压力构件; 辊隙形成构件; 加强件; 加热构件; 以及凸缘构件，其包括在固定构件的轴向方向上的内周插入的气缸和固定在所述定影装置的框架上的凸缘，所述凸缘构件的气缸包括存储所述辊隙成形 在圆周上的一部分上的部件在对应于固定部件被加热部件加热的区域的区域上具有弧形的外周横截面，其具有等于固定部件的半径的预定半径，以及 电弧具有位于记录介质供给方向上相对于夹持形成部件的中心线的记录介质供给方向上游侧的中心。

公开(公告)号：US20120237273A1

公开(公告)日：2012-09-20

申请号：US13413034

申请日：2012-03-06

申请人： Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Yuji Arai ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Takahiro Imada ,  Hajime Gotoh ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa

发明人： Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Yuji Arai ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Takahiro Imada ,  Hajime Gotoh ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

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

摘要： In a fixing device, a heating element is extended along a fixing member at a location other than a nip on an inner circumferential surface side of the fixing member to generate heat. The fixing member contacts the heating element either indirectly via a gap of a prescribed size or directly contacts the heating element by with a prescribed pressure when the fixing member is rotating, and continuously separates from the heating element by a prescribed distance greater than the size of the gap when the fixing member stops rotating.

摘要翻译： 在固定装置中，加热元件沿着固定构件在固定构件的内周面侧上的辊隙以外的位置延伸以产生热量。 固定构件通过规定尺寸的间隙间接接触加热元件，或者当固定构件旋转时，以规定的压力直接接触加热元件，并且与加热元件连续地分开大于 当固定构件停止旋转时的间隙。

公开(公告)号：US08725038B2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-13

申请号：US13311002

申请日：2011-12-05

申请人： Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Yuji Arai ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Takahiro Imada ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Hajime Gotoh ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa

发明人： Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Yuji Arai ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Takahiro Imada ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Hajime Gotoh ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2053 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device includes a frame, a tubular belt holder, a rotatable, flexible fuser belt, a heater, a fuser pad, a pressure member, and a mounting attachment. The tubular belt holder extends in an axial direction thereof. The fuser belt is looped into a generally cylindrical configuration around the belt holder to rotate in a circumferential direction of the belt holder. The heater is disposed adjacent to the belt holder to heat the belt holder. The fuser pad is accommodated in the belt holder inside the loop of the fuser belt, and extends in the axial direction. The pressure member is disposed opposite the belt holder with the fuser belt interposed between the fuser pad and the pressure member. The mounting attachment is provided to a longitudinal end of the tubular belt holder to allow retention and detachable attachment of the belt holder end to the frame.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括框架，管状带保持器，可旋转的柔性定影带，加热器，定影垫，压力构件和安装附件。 管状皮带保持器沿其轴向方向延伸。 定影带围绕带保持器环绕成大致圆柱形的构造，以沿着带保持器的圆周方向旋转。 加热器邻近带保持器设置以加热带保持器。 定影垫被容纳在定影带的环内的带保持器中，并且在轴向方向上延伸。 压力构件与带保持器相对设置，定影带插入在定影垫和压力构件之间。 安装附件设置在管状保持器的纵向端部，以允许带保持器端部保持和可拆卸地附接到框架。

公开(公告)号：US08655211B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-18

申请号：US13286796

申请日：2011-11-01

申请人： Ippei Fujimoto ,  Yuji Arai ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Takahiro Imada ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Hajime Gotoh ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa

发明人： Ippei Fujimoto ,  Yuji Arai ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Takahiro Imada ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Hajime Gotoh ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2017 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device includes a fixing belt; a pressing rotary body disposed outside a loop formed by the fixing belt; a nip formation pad disposed inside the loop formed by the fixing belt and pressed against the pressing rotary body via the fixing belt to form a fixing nip between the pressing rotary body and the fixing belt through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed. The nip formation pad includes a protrusion disposed downstream from the fixing nip in a conveyance direction of the recording medium and protruding toward the pressing rotary body without contacting the pressing rotary body. The fixing device further includes a pressing rotary body mover to contact and move the pressing rotary body bidirectionally in the conveyance direction of the recording medium to move the fixing nip toward and away from the protrusion.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括定影带; 设置在由所述定影带形成的环的外侧的按压旋转体; 辊隙形成垫，其设置在由所述定影带形成的所述环内部，并且经由所述定影带压靠在所述加压旋转体上，以在所述按压旋转体和所述定影带之间形成定影辊隙，所述定影辊通过所述定影辊隙传送带有调色剂图像的记录介质。 压区形成垫包括在记录介质的传送方向上设置在定影夹持部的下游的突起，并且在不与压制旋转体接触的状态下朝向按压旋转体突出。 定影装置还包括按压旋转体移动器，以在记录介质的传送方向上双向接触和移动按压旋转体，以使定影夹持件朝向和远离突起移动。

公开(公告)号：US20120177423A1

公开(公告)日：2012-07-12

申请号：US13346093

申请日：2012-01-09

申请人： Takahiro Imada ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Yuji Arai ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa ,  Hajime Gotoh

发明人： Takahiro Imada ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Yuji Arai ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa ,  Hajime Gotoh

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2053 ,  G03G15/2064 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： According to an embodiments, a fixing device includes: an endless fixing member; a heating unit that is provided inside an inner peripheral surface of the fixing member; and a nip forming unit that comes into press-contact with a rotationally driven pressing member with the fixing member interposed therebetween to form a nip. The nip forming unit has a shape in which a center of a contact surface protrudes toward the pressing member compared to both ends. The nip forming unit has a protruding amount at a center toward the pressing member compared to both ends of the nip forming unit in no-load state is set to be less than a bent amount of the nip forming unit when the nip forming unit comes into press-contact with the pressing member with the fixing member interposed therebetween.

摘要翻译： 根据实施例，固定装置包括：环形固定构件; 加热单元，设置在所述固定构件的内周面的内侧; 以及辊隙形成单元，其与固定构件夹在其间的与旋转驱动的按压构件压力接触以形成辊隙。 辊隙形成单元具有与两端相比接触表面的中心朝向按压构件突出的形状。 压区形成单元在空载状态下与夹紧形成单元的两端相比，在朝向加压构件的中心处具有突出量设定为小于压区形成单元的弯曲量时 与固定构件夹在其间的按压构件压接。

公开(公告)号：US20120177420A1

公开(公告)日：2012-07-12

申请号：US13326847

申请日：2011-12-15

申请人： Toshihiko Shimokawa ,  Yuji Arai ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Takahiro Imada ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Hajime Gotoh ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa

发明人： Toshihiko Shimokawa ,  Yuji Arai ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Takahiro Imada ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Hajime Gotoh ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2053 ,  G03G15/2017 ,  G03G15/2064 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device includes a thermal conductor disposed inside a flexible endless fixing belt formed into a loop and configured to conduct heat from a heater to the fixing belt. The thermal conductor includes a center heating portion heated by the heater and disposed at a center of the thermal conductor in a longitudinal direction thereof orthogonal to a conveyance direction of a recording medium conveyed to the fixing belt and lateral end non-heating portions disposed at lateral ends of the thermal conductor in the longitudinal direction thereof and contiguous to the center heating portion. The center heating portion having a first diameter conducts heat from the heater to the fixing belt. The lateral end non-heating portions having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter of the center heating portion minimize conduction of heat from the heater to the fixing belt.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括：热导体，其设置在柔性环形定影带内，形成为环状并且构造成将热量从加热器传导到定影带。 热导体包括由加热器加热并且设置在热导体的中心处的中心加热部分，其沿与其传送到定影带的记录介质的传送方向正交的纵向方向和设置在侧面的侧端非加热部分 热导体在其纵向方向上的端部并且与中心加热部分相邻。 具有第一直径的中心加热部分将热量从加热器传导到定影带。 具有小于中心加热部分的第一直径的第二直径的侧端非加热部分最小化从加热器到定影带的热传导。

公开(公告)号：US10001735B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-19

申请号：US15384838

申请日：2016-12-20

申请人： Takahiro Imada ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Yuji Arai ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa ,  Hajime Gotoh

发明人： Takahiro Imada ,  Masaaki Yoshikawa ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Hiroshi Yoshinaga ,  Yuji Arai ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Tetsuo Tokuda ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Yoshiki Yamaguchi ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa ,  Hajime Gotoh

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2053 ,  G03G15/2064 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device may include an endless fixing member; a heater inside the fixing member; and a nip forming unit configured to form a nip through which a recording sheet is conveyed, the nip forming unit including a supporting member and a contact member supported by the supporting member, the supporting member including at least one contact surface and the contact member including a plurality of protrusions protruding towards the supporting member such that two or more of the plurality of protrusions are configured to contact one of the at least one contact surface of the supporting member, each of the plurality of protrusions having a height associated there with such that the height of the plurality of protrusions increases in a direction from ends of the contact member towards a center of the contact member.