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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Yasunori Ishigaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhito Kishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ippei Fujimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Misaki Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunori Ishigaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhito Kishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ippei Fujimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Misaki Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator and a pressure rotator contacting the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween, through which recording media of a plurality of sizes are conveyed. The recording media create a plurality of non-conveyance spans on a lateral end of the fixing rotator in an axial direction thereof where the recording media are not conveyed. A heater is disposed opposite the fixing rotator to heat the fixing rotator. A multi-view thermopile array is disposed opposite an outer circumferential surface of the lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof and angled relative to the fixing rotator to detect a temperature of the fixing rotator. The thermopile array includes an inboard temperature detection element directed to a conveyance span on the fixing rotator where the recording medium of a decreased size is conveyed.