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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2013
Tomohiko Fujii, Hyogo, JP;
Shigeo Nanno, Kyoto, JP;
Minoru Toyoda, Hyogo, JP;
Hitoshi Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Tomoya Adachi, Hyogo, JP;
Yasuharu Kawarasaki, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiko Fujii, Hyogo, JP;
Shigeo Nanno, Kyoto, JP;
Minoru Toyoda, Hyogo, JP;
Hitoshi Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Tomoya Adachi, Hyogo, JP;
Yasuharu Kawarasaki, Osaka, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a nip formation pad disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of an endless belt and pressing the endless belt against a pressing rotary body to form a fixing nip between the endless belt and the pressing rotary body. A recording medium is conveyed through the fixing nip. The endless belt slides over a friction reducer sandwiched between the endless belt and the nip formation pad. The friction reducer includes a body and at least one tab projecting from the body in a direction opposite a recording medium conveyance direction. A friction reducer fastener is attached to the tab of the friction reducer and placed inside the nip formation pad to mount the friction reducer on the nip formation pad.