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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2008
Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shin Kayahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromitsu Takagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Seto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Takemoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirohmi Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shin Kayahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromitsu Takagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Seto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Takemoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirohmi Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transfer-fixing device includes a transfer-fixing member, a pressing member, a heating device, and a temperature equalizer. The transfer-fixing member carries the toner image. The pressing member presses against the transfer-fixing member to form a nip portion to which the recording medium is conveyed. The heating device heats the transfer-fixing surface of the recording medium conveyed toward the nip portion. The temperature equalizer equalizes a temperature distribution of a surface of the transfer-fixing member in a width direction of the transfer-fixing member after the surface of the transfer-fixing member passes through the nip portion.