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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Takahiro Imada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoyoshi Yamano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Gotoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Imada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoyoshi Yamano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Gotoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes an endless belt rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and a nip formation pad disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of the endless belt. A slide sheet is sandwiched between the nip formation pad and the endless belt and is a twill fabric containing a lubricant. The slide sheet includes a first sheet contacting the nip formation pad and including a first gutter defined by a first twill line in a first direction angled relative to the direction of rotation of the endless belt and a second sheet layered on the first sheet and contacting the endless belt. The second sheet includes a second gutter defined by a second twill line in a second direction angled relative to the direction of rotation of the endless belt.