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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2006
Fujita Takashi, Ohta-ku, JP;
Kikuchi Hisashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kurotaka Shigeo, Sagamihara, JP;
Baba Toshihiko, Funabashi, JP;
Echigo Katsuhiro, Asaka, JP;
Nakafuji Atsushi, Ohta-ku, JP;
Ikenoue Hirokazu, Inagi, JP;
Someya Yukimichi, Saitama, JP;
Kunii Hiroyuki, Yokohama, JP;
Fujita Takashi, Ohta-ku, JP;
Kikuchi Hisashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kurotaka Shigeo, Sagamihara, JP;
Baba Toshihiko, Funabashi, JP;
Echigo Katsuhiro, Asaka, JP;
Nakafuji Atsushi, Ohta-ku, JP;
Ikenoue Hirokazu, Inagi, JP;
Someya Yukimichi, Saitama, JP;
Kunii Hiroyuki, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
For an image forming apparatus, a transfer fixing apparatus and a transfer fixing method fix a toner image onto a record medium. The fixing apparatus and the image forming apparatus have a structure to reduce adverse heat influences impacting on an intermediate transfer member, and can further reduce vibrations generated to the intermediate transfer member and to a recording medium onto which a visualized image is transferred from the intermediate transfer member. Further, a heating value and a heat distribution in the fixing apparatus can be controlled to be optimized.