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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
May. 12, 2005
Shigeru Obata, Ibaraki, JP;
Shunichi Oohara, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshio Ogiso, Ibaraki, JP;
Kenji Asuwa, Ibaraki, JP;
Toru Hanashima, Ibaraki, JP;
Chikara Hiraoka, Ibaraki, JP;
Shigeru Obata, Ibaraki, JP;
Shunichi Oohara, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshio Ogiso, Ibaraki, JP;
Kenji Asuwa, Ibaraki, JP;
Toru Hanashima, Ibaraki, JP;
Chikara Hiraoka, Ibaraki, JP;
Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electro-photographic apparatus for conducting printing includes a fixing member fixing an unfixed toner image on a surface of a recording medium onto the recording medium. The fixing member includes a heating roller and a pressurizing member, and a mounting member on which the pressurizing member is mounted. The pressurizing member is supported by the mounting member in a substantially center part in a longitudinal direction of the pressurizing member.