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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2008
Susumu Mikajiri, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Kawase, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Shirakawa, Ibaraki-Pref, JP;
Makoto Nakura, Ibaraki-Pref, JP;
Susumu Mikajiri, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Kawase, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Shirakawa, Ibaraki-Pref, JP;
Makoto Nakura, Ibaraki-Pref, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pressure-applying device includes a swingable unit body, a roller, an opposing member, a pressure-applying unit, and a drive-force transmitting unit. A swinging center of the unit body is set at a position distinct from a rotation center of the drive-force transmitting unit. A direction of action of driving force of the driving unit substantially coincides with a line joining the swinging center and a point at which pressure application force is applied by the pressure-applying unit. A direction of action of the pressure application force is substantially orthogonal to the direction of action of the driving force.