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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
Fumihiro Hirose, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Nozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Kikushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Yamaji, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuutaroh Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaori Hemmi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiro Hirose, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Nozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Kikushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Yamaji, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuutaroh Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaori Hemmi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a cylindrical heat roller; a plurality of heaters disposed inside the heat roller, extending along a longitudinal axis of the heat roller; and a heat adjuster, disposed among the plurality of heaters, to adjust heat from one to another of the plurality of heaters. An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section to form an image on a recording medium; and the fixing device as described above, to fix the image onto the recording medium.