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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2011
Yoshiharu Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Chikara Hiraoka, Osaka, JP;
Tamotsu Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Kohta Sakaya, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawakami, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshiharu Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Chikara Hiraoka, Osaka, JP;
Tamotsu Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Kohta Sakaya, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawakami, Hyogo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device, including a fixing member; an opposing member contacting the fixing member to form a fixing nip; plural separation assisting members; a contact direction biasing member contacting an end of the auxiliary separation members to the surface of the fixing member; a contact and release switching member switching contacting the end of the auxiliary separation members to the surface of the fixing member and releasing the end of the auxiliary separation members therefrom; a fixing exit guide member guiding a recording medium to a discharge direction and separated from the fixing member by the separation assisting member; a first rotating member near the auxiliary separation members downstream from an end thereof; and a second rotating member guiding a recording medium guided by the fixing exit guide member in the recording medium conveyance direction while rotating.