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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2010
Applicants:
Chiharu Kamoshida, Ibaraki, JP;
Sho Sawahata, Ibaraki, JP;
Genichiro Kawamichi, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a fixing unit in which at least one of a heating roller and a pressing roller is provided as a fixing roller and is replaceably supported along the axial direction of the fixing roller, a sliding member is formed integrally to the inside of the fixing roller, so that the sliding member slides on the outer circumference of a roller guiding shaft upon replacing the fixing roller.