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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
May. 21, 2001
Osamu Kiuchi, Atsugi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a housing, a heat roller configured to be rotatably supported by bearings and a pressure roller configured to be located downward relative to the heat roller. The heat roller includes a heater having lead wires extending from each end of the heater, heater terminals provided at each end of the lead wires wherein the heater terminals have a connecting portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the heater and an attachment portion extending perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the heater and fixedly attached to the housing at a fixing position. A flexible space formed on at least one of the fixing positions of the heater with the housing allows the heater terminal to bend along the longitudinal direction of the heater.