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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2023
Yuusuke Furuichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Nanno, Kyoto, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heating device includes a pair of rotators in contact with each other to form a nip through which a sheet passes, a heater heating at least one of the pair of rotators, a temperature sensor detecting detects a temperature of the heater, a conductor, a plurality of conductor supports supporting the conductor, and a component supporting the plurality of conductor supports. The conductor has flexibility and is coupled to the temperature sensor. The conductor supports extend in a direction away from the heater and include first conductor supports and second conductor supports. The first conductor supports face an outside of a predetermined region of the heater in a width direction of the sheet and are arranged at first intervals in the width direction. The second conductor supports face the predetermined region of the heater and are arranged at second intervals larger than the first intervals in the width direction.