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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2015
Kohichi Utsunomiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Nagafuji, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Arinobu Yoshiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Qifeng Cui, Tokyo, JP;
Shohei Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Ikebuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoyoshi Yamano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohichi Utsunomiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Nagafuji, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Arinobu Yoshiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Qifeng Cui, Tokyo, JP;
Shohei Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Ikebuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoyoshi Yamano, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device includes a fixing belt, a holder that holds the fixing belt, a pressing member that comes in contact with the fixing belt, a nip-forming-member arranged inside the fixing belt, that forms a nip by coming in contact with the pressing member, a supporting member that supports the nip-forming-member, a side plate to which the nip-forming-member and the supporting member are fixed, and a pressing mechanism that presses a pressing roller to the nip-forming-member via the fixing belt. The supporting member includes at least two plates. The two plates are separated from each other near a contact portion where the plates come in contact with the nip-forming-member. At least a part of each of the plates is a flat surface parallel to a direction of a load applied by the pressing mechanism. Portions of the two plates on a side distant from the contact portion are joined together.