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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2011
Yuuki Kikushima, Ibaraki, JP;
Sho Sawahata, Ibaraki, JP;
Genichiro Kawamichi, Ibaraki, JP;
Ken Onodera, Ibaraki, JP;
Yuuki Kikushima, Ibaraki, JP;
Sho Sawahata, Ibaraki, JP;
Genichiro Kawamichi, Ibaraki, JP;
Ken Onodera, Ibaraki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a conveying unit configured to convey a recording medium; a conveyance stopping unit configured to stop conveyance of the recording medium; a heating unit having a heating plane and configured to heat a part of the recording medium, which part is laid over the heating plane; and a cooling unit configured to cool the part of the recording medium, whose conveyance has been stopped, by applying cooling air to the part of the recording medium from above.