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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2013
Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Chiba, JP;
Masahiko Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromasa Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Iwaya, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Imada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Gotoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Teppei Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Shimokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Arinobu Yoshiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takamasa Hase, Shizuoka, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuutaroh Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Yamaji, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Chiba, JP;
Masahiko Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromasa Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Iwaya, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Imada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Gotoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Teppei Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Shimokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Arinobu Yoshiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takamasa Hase, Shizuoka, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuutaroh Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Yamaji, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes: a rotatable endless fixing belt; a nip forming member arranged inside the fixing belt; a facing rotating body that abuts the nip forming member via the fixing belt to form a nip portion with the fixing belt; a heat source that directly heats up the fixing belt at a portion other than the nip portion; and a supporting member that supports the nip forming member. The fixing device conveys a recording medium carrying an unfixed image to the nip portion to fix the unfixed image to the recording medium, and the supporting member includes a rising portion extending in an abutting direction of the facing rotating body against the fixing belt and having a tip close to an inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt, and is set to have a section modulus of 200 mmor higher.