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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2014
Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhito Kishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Samei, Osaka, JP;
Ippei Fujimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Misaki Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Yukiko Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunori Ishigaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhito Kishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Samei, Osaka, JP;
Ippei Fujimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Misaki Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Yukiko Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunori Ishigaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a first support and a second support to rotatably support a fixing rotator at a first lateral end and a second lateral end of the fixing rotator in an axial direction thereof. A first stopper is mounted on the first support. A second stopper is mounted on the second support. A first skew restraint projects from an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator radially at the first lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof. A second skew restraint projects from the outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator radially at the second lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof. The second skew restraint comes into contact with the second stopper as the fixing rotator moves in the axial direction thereof toward the first support.