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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2005
Katsuhiro Echigo, Asaka, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Kurotaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Toshihiko Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kunii, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Nakafuji, Tokyo, JP;
Kohji Ue, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiro Echigo, Asaka, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Kurotaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Toshihiko Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kunii, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Nakafuji, Tokyo, JP;
Kohji Ue, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device for fixing image information on a recording medium passing a nip of the present invention includes a rotatable member for transferring and conveying a non-fixed image, a first heating means for heating an image present on the rotatable member and a rotatable pressing member forming a nip in combination with the rotatable member. A heat pipe extends in parallel to the axis of the rotatable member. A radiating member is positioned at one end of the heat pipe while a heating member is positioned at the other end of the heat pipe.