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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2007
Tetsuji Nishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Niihara, Atsugi, JP;
Kazuki Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Kazunori Bannai, Atsugi, JP;
Makoto Kikura, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiro Maehata, Sagamihara, JP;
Tetsuji Nishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Niihara, Atsugi, JP;
Kazuki Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Kazunori Bannai, Atsugi, JP;
Makoto Kikura, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiro Maehata, Sagamihara, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image fixing device for use in an image forming apparatus. The fixing device includes a fixing member which fixes a toner image on a recording medium at a nip area, a pressurizing member which pressures the recording medium toward the fixing member at the nip area, a carbon lamp which emits infrared rays, and a reflecting member which reflects the infrared rays to the nip area.