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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2004
Tuyoshi Koyama, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshio Ogiso, Ibaraki, JP;
Chikara Hiraoka, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuo Kikuchi, Ibaraki, JP;
Tetsuji Takegoshi, Ibaraki, JP;
Toru Hanashima, Ibaraki, JP;
Shoji Ukei, Ibaraki, JP;
Tuyoshi Koyama, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshio Ogiso, Ibaraki, JP;
Chikara Hiraoka, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuo Kikuchi, Ibaraki, JP;
Tetsuji Takegoshi, Ibaraki, JP;
Toru Hanashima, Ibaraki, JP;
Shoji Ukei, Ibaraki, JP;
Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a roller; an endless belt which is in contact with the roller and rotates with a circulation of the roller in a follower manner; a heating source in at lease one of an inside of the roller and an inside of the endless belt; and a pressure-applying member which is inside the endless belt and presses the endless belt against the roller. A sliding layer is provided on a side on which the pressure-applying member is in contact with the endless belt, and the sliding layer comprises at least two layers and holds a lubricant.