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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2015
Teppei Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Chiba, JP;
Tadashi Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Imada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromasa Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Iwaya, Tokyo, JP;
Kensuke Yamaji, Kanagawa, JP;
Takamasa Hase, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshihiko Shimokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuutaroh Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Arinobu Yoshiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Gotoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Teppei Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Chiba, JP;
Tadashi Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Imada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromasa Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Iwaya, Tokyo, JP;
Kensuke Yamaji, Kanagawa, JP;
Takamasa Hase, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshihiko Shimokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuutaroh Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Arinobu Yoshiura, 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 assembly disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of the endless belt. An opposed rotary body is pressed against the nip formation assembly via the endless belt to form a fixing nip between the endless belt and the opposed rotary body through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed. A belt holder contacts and supports each lateral end of the endless belt in an axial direction thereof. The belt holder is isolated from the opposed rotary body with a first interval interposed therebetween in the axial direction of the endless belt.