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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Teppei Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Arinobu Yoshiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Shimokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Yamaji, Kanagawa, JP;
Takamasa Hase, Shizuoka, JP;
Shuutaroh Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromasa Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Imada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Gotoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Chiba, JP;
Kazuya Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Namekata, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Seki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuuichi Mimbu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuntaroh Tamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Ikebuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a heat source; a fixing member looped into a generally cylindrical shape to rotate in a circumferential direction thereof and partially heated by the heat source and to heat a surface of a recording medium bearing an unfixed toner image to fix the unfixed toner image thereon in a fixing process; a rotary pressing member disposed facing the fixing member to form a nip therebetween, through which the recording medium is transported in a transport direction; and a rotation driver to rotate one of the fixing member and the pressing member. In a case in which the fixing member is halted for a reason other than the fixing process while power of the fixing device is on, electric power is not supplied to the heat source and the fixing member is rotated by a predetermined amount or more after the fixing member is halted.