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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2024
Yutaka Ikebuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Nanno, Kyoto, JP;
Hitoshi Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Furuichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Ikebuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Nanno, Kyoto, JP;
Hitoshi Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Furuichi, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a belt and a holder that holds a heater. A conductive member contacts an inner face of the belt and pivots. The conductive member includes one end portion in a rotation direction of the belt and an opposed portion that abuts on the one end portion. A support supports the holder and presses the conductive member against the holder. The holder includes a holding portion that holds the one end portion of the conductive member, a pivot restrictor that restricts pivoting of the conductive member about the one end portion, and a mount face from which the pivot restrictor projects in a projecting direction. The pivot restrictor projects farther than the opposed portion of the conductive member in the projecting direction of the pivot restrictor in a state in which the support does not press the conductive member against the holder.