发明名称 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus |
摘要 |
A fixing device includes: a rotatable fixing member formed as an endless belt; a heat source to heat the fixing member; a nip-forming member being not rotatable and arranged inside the fixing member; and a pressure member arranged outside the fixing member and forming a nip between the pressure member and the fixing member. The nip-forming member is formed of a first heat transmission unit and a sliding sheet. The first heat transmission unit includes an abutting part abutting the fixing member with the sliding sheet therebetween, and a bent part or bent parts extending inside the fixing member at upstream or upstream and downstream of the nip in a transport direction of a recording medium. A retaining part to catch and retain the sliding sheet is provided at a tip of at least the bent part at upstream of the nip in the transport direction. |
申请公布号 |
US9298146(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.03.29 |
申请号 |
US201514644903 |
申请日期 |
2015.03.11 |
申请人 |
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED |
发明人 |
Yoshiura Arinobu;Nagafuji Hideo;Arai Yuji;Utsunomiya Kohichi;Saito Shohei;Cui Qifeng;Ikebuchi Yutaka;Yamano Motoyoshi;Ishii Kenji;Takagi Hiromasa;Shoji Keitaro |
分类号 |
G03G15/20 |
主分类号 |
G03G15/20 |
代理机构 |
Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. |
代理人 |
Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. |
主权项 |
1. A fixing device comprising:
a rotatable fixing member formed as an endless belt; a heat source to heat the fixing member; a nip-forming member being not rotatable and arranged inside the fixing member; and a pressure member arranged outside the fixing member so as to face the nip-forming member, the pressure member forming a nip between the pressure member and the fixing member, wherein the fixing device causes a recording medium bearing an unfixed image to pass through the nip to fix the unfixed image to the recording medium, the nip-forming member is formed of a first heat transmission unit and a sheet, the first heat transmission unit includes an abutting part abutting the fixing member with the sheet therebetween, and a bent part or bent parts extending inside the fixing member at upstream or upstream and downstream of the nip in a transport direction of the recording medium, and a retaining part to catch and retain the sheet is provided at a tip of at least the bent part at upstream of the nip in the transport direction of the recording medium. |
地址 |
Tokyo JP |