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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
May. 18, 2011
Applicant:
Takahiro Yoshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Takahiro Yoshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fixing device including a fixing member to fix a toner image on a sheet by application of heat and pressure and a pressing member to press the sheet against the fixing member. The pressing member is rotatable. A height difference is circumferentially provided to the pressing member, and is tapered from an end portion toward a portion contacting an edge of a small-size sheet. The pressing member has a greater hardness than the fixing member.
Yoshikawa, Takahiro. (2013). Fixing device and image forming apparatus in which a height difference is circumferentially provided to a pressing member (U.S. Patent No. 8606162). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8606162
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