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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2023
Akitomo Kuwabara, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriaki Takenaga, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Takaki, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohji Kuwana, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Moribe, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuto Kido, Kanagawa, JP;
Akitomo Kuwabara, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriaki Takenaga, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Takaki, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohji Kuwana, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Moribe, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuto Kido, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heating apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a liquid discharge apparatus. The heating apparatus includes a heating roller having a heat source inside, an end holder in which a portion of the heat source is disposed, the end holder holding an axial end of the heating roller rotatably, and an air supply device configured to supply air into the end holder in a direction intersecting with an axial direction of the heating roller. The heating apparatus includes a heating roller having a heat source inside, and an end holder in which a portion of the heat source is disposed, the end holder rotatably holding an axial end of the heating roller. In the heating apparatus, the end holder has an air inlet opening through which air is supplied into the end holder and an air outlet opening through which air is ejected outside from inside the end holder.