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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Chiba, JP;
Takayuki Seki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuuichi Mimbu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Ikebuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuntaro Tamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuutaroh Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Shimokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Chiba, JP;
Takayuki Seki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuuichi Mimbu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Ikebuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuntaro Tamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuutaroh Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Shimokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a support member disposed to support a nip formation member on an inner peripheral surface of a fixing belt. The support member includes a parallel portion that supports the nip formation member and extends parallel to a sheet transport direction in a nip portion, and a rise portion that extends from the parallel portion in a direction drawn apart from the nip portion. The rise portion is inclined to the parallel portion such that an inclination direction of the rise portion is substantially parallel to a virtual straight line connecting a center of rotation of the fixing belt and an inlet point of the nip portion or falls within a range of rotational angles of ±15° by which the virtual straight line is rotated around the center of rotation of the fixing belt.
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