FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240176268A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18510632

    申请日:2023-11-15

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    摘要: A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressing member, a heat source, and a reflecting member. The pressing member presses and contacts an outer circumferential surface of the fixing member. The heat source is disposed inside a loop of the fixing member. The reflecting member includes a reflecting portion, a pressure receiving portion, and an extending portion. The reflecting portion reflects heat toward an inner circumferential surface of the fixing member. The pressure receiving portion receives a pressing force of the pressing member via the fixing member. The extending portion extends from an area upstream to an area downstream from the nip portion in a direction of rotation of the fixing member and facing the inner circumferential surface of the fixing member. The reflecting member is in non-contact with one or more of members disposed inside the loop of the fixing member, at least when the fixing member rotates.

    FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240176265A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18523956

    申请日:2023-11-30

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    CPC分类号: G03G15/2007 G03G15/2064

    摘要: A fixing device includes a fixing rotator, a pressure rotator, a fixing nip support, a heat source, and a reflector. The pressure rotator contacts an outer face of the fixing rotator to form a nip through which a recording medium conveyed in a conveyance direction passes. The fixing nip support has a receiving portion to receive a pressing force of the pressure rotator. The heat source inside a loop of the fixing rotator has a heat generation area having a first length in a width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction. The reflector includes a contacting portion contacting the receiving portion of the fixing nip support and a reflecting portion facing the heat source to reflect radiant heat radiated by the heat source toward an inner face of the fixing rotator. The reflecting portion has a second length in the width direction longer than the first length.

    FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    7.
    发明申请
    FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS 有权
    固定装置和图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US20160274516A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-22

    申请号:US15070735

    申请日:2016-03-15

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    摘要: A fixing device includes an endless fixing belt; a pressure roller to contact the fixing belt; a nip forming member to press the pressure roller from the fixing belt; a nip portion formed between the fixing belt and the pressure roller; a heater to heat the fixing belt to fuse and fix toner onto a recording sheet in the nip portion; an auxiliary driven roller; an auxiliary drive roller to drive the driven roller; an auxiliary nip portion, formed between an outer circumferential surface of the auxiliary driven roller and an outer circumferential surface of the auxiliary drive roller, to nip the recording sheet after toner fixation conveyed from the nip portion; and an outlet guide member, disposed downstream of the auxiliary nip portion, to guide the recording sheet after toner fixation conveyed from the auxiliary nip portion, with the toner-fixed recording sheet surface bent in a concave shape.

    摘要翻译: 定影装置包括环形定影带; 与所述定影带接触的压力辊; 夹持形成构件,用于从定影带按压压力辊; 形成在所述定影带和所述加压辊之间的辊隙部; 加热器,用于加热定影带以将调色剂熔合并固定到辊隙部分中的记录片材上; 辅助从动辊; 用于驱动从动辊的辅助驱动辊; 形成在辅助从动辊的外周表面和辅助驱动辊的外圆周表面之间的辅助夹持部分,用于在从夹持部分输送的调色剂定影之后夹持记录纸; 以及布置在辅助夹持部分下游的出口引导件,用于在调色剂定影从辅助夹持部分输送之后引导记录纸,调色剂固定的记录纸张表面弯曲成凹形。

    FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230280682A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-07

    申请号:US18157388

    申请日:2023-01-20

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    CPC分类号: G03G15/2039

    摘要: A fixing device includes a fixing rotator, a first heater, a second heater, and circuitry. The first heater heats a region on the fixing rotator to heat a recording medium having a width smaller than a predetermined width. The second heater heats a region on the fixing rotator to heat a maximum recording medium used in the fixing device. The second heater has a heat generation distribution in which a heat generation amount of each of both end portions corresponding to both end portions of the maximum recording medium in a width direction of the recording medium is larger than a heat generation amount of a center portion. The circuitry determines whether to turn on the first heater and turn off the second heater or to turn on both the first heater and the second heater based on a required power to bring the fixing rotator to a fixing temperature.