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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2005
Shigeo Kurotaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Tomita, Shizuoka, JP;
Katsuhiro Echigo, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Baba, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kunii, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Nakafuji, Tokyo, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Kohji Ue, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Kurotaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Tomita, Shizuoka, JP;
Katsuhiro Echigo, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Baba, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kunii, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Nakafuji, Tokyo, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Kohji Ue, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing belt is heated by electromagnetic induction. The fixing belt has a heat generating layer that has a thickness not greater than 40 μm and a releasing layer that has a thickness not less than 10 μm. A toner that includes at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a mold releasing agent, and has a glass transition temperature in a range of 35° C. to 50° C. and an outflow-start temperature in a range of 80° C. to 110° C., is used.