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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
May. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Takuma Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Machida, JP;
Misaki Shimizu, Komae, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fixing device and an image forming apparatus including the fixing device. The fixing device includes a fixing member having a dielectric body to fix a toner image onto a recording medium by heating and melting the toner image onto the recording medium, a dielectric heating portion to heat the fixing member by dielectric heating, and a pressure member to press against the fixing member to form a nip portion therebetween to nip the recording medium as the recording medium is conveyed therebetween.