Title:
定着装置と画像形成装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6919352
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A fixing device includes an endless belt, a pressure rotator that contacts the endless belt, a nip formation pad in the endless belt to form a fixing nip between the endless belt and the pressure rotator, a heater in the endless belt to heat the endless belt, a stay to support the nip formation pad, a contact-separation mechanism that presses the nip formation pad against the pressure rotator in a releasable manner, a holder movable between a nip formation position and a release position to support the stay, and an adjustment mechanism. The holder is provided with a slot to support the heater, and the adjustment mechanism makes a distance between the heater and the nip formation pad when the holder is at the nip formation position larger than a distance between the heater and the nip formation pad when the holder is at the release position.
Inventors:
Hirokazu Kiwako
Utsunomiya Koichi
Furuichi Yusuke
Utsunomiya Koichi
Furuichi Yusuke
Application Number:
JP2017115020A
Publication Date:
August 18, 2021
Filing Date:
June 12, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
株式会社リコー
International Classes:
G03G15/20
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2011137931A | ||||
| JP2008145970A | ||||
| JP2012145713A | ||||
| JP3027074A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hideki Imai
Fujita Akira
Fujita Akira