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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2017
Shuutaroh Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiji Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiro Hirose, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Yamaji, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Ogino, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuta Kanda, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuutaroh Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiji Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiro Hirose, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Yamaji, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Ogino, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuta Kanda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing belt that is endless and rotatable in a rotation direction and a nip former stretching the fixing belt. A pressure rotator presses against the nip former via the fixing belt to form a fixing nip between the fixing belt and the pressure rotator, through which a recording medium is conveyed. A presser is disposed downstream from an exit of the fixing nip in a recording medium conveyance direction. The presser brings the fixing belt into contact with the pressure rotator. A gap retainer contacts the nip former and is coupled to the presser to retain isolation of the presser from the nip former.