Electrophotography – Image formation – Fixing
Patent
1996-04-18
1998-01-13
Grimley, Arthur T.
Electrophotography
Image formation
Fixing
219216, G03G 1520
Patent
active
057089493
ABSTRACT:
A fixing device incorporated in an image forming apparatus for fixing a toner image on recording paper, including a fixing roller in which a cylindrical core and a heater are installed in the roller, a pressure roller held in pressured contact with the fixing roller, and a reinforcing device used to preserve a cylindrical shape of the cylindrical core. The reinforcing device includes a circular plate and a contacting member which is provided along an edge of the circular plate and which has a contacting portion held in contact with an inner surface of the cylindrical core.
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Echigo Katsuhiro
Kasahara Nobuo
Shibaki Hiroyuki
Taguchi Yasuhiko
Yura Jun
Chen Sophia S.
Grimley Arthur T.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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