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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2014
Applicants:
Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhito Kishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunori Ishigaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Ippei Fujimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhito Kishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunori Ishigaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Ippei Fujimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2057 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and including a heated face and a heater including a contact face contacting the heated face of the fixing rotator. The contact face has a Vickers hardness not greater than about 600 Hv.