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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2018
Yohhei Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Namekata, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiyasu Amita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Sakamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Teppei Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masateru Ujiie, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiro Hirose, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohhei Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Namekata, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiyasu Amita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Sakamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Teppei Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masateru Ujiie, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiro Hirose, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator, a pressure rotator, and a pressure assembly that forms a fixing nip therebetween and includes a first adjuster and a second adjuster. The first adjuster includes a pressure cam, a first biasing device, a first pressure lever that holds the pressure rotator, and a second pressure lever that moves with the pressure cam and presses against the first pressure lever via the first biasing device. The first adjuster adjusts a load of the first biasing device to adjust a pressure force from the pressure rotator to the fixing rotator. The second adjuster includes an adjustment screw is driven into the second pressure lever, and a retainer that retains an adjusted state between the adjustment screw and the first pressure lever. The second adjuster adjusts a holding position of the first pressure lever to hold the pressure rotator.