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Title:
FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014186303
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing device which is capable of stably driving a belt member for a long time and to provide an image forming apparatus including the fixing device.SOLUTION: The fixing device includes a pressure roller 22 as a rotary body, a fixing belt 21 as a fixing member, a nip forming member 25 provided on the inner peripheral surface side of the fixing belt 21 and forming a nip part N together with the pressure roller 22 through the fixing belt 21, and a sliding fiber member 31 arranged between the nip forming member 25 and the fixing belt 21, holding a lubricant, and smoothly sliding the fixing belt 21 and heats a recording paper S as a recording medium conveyed to the nip part N, to fix the unfixed image of the recording medium S. The sliding fiber member 31 includes at least a first fiber layer 32 coming into contact with the fixing belt 21 and a second fiber layer 33 positioned further toward the side of the nip forming member 25 than the first fiber layer 32 and having a fiber density lower than that of the first fiber layer 32.

Inventors:
ISHII KENJI
TAKAGI HIROTADA
YOSHIURA ARINOBU
Application Number:
JP2013265525A
Publication Date:
October 02, 2014
Filing Date:
December 24, 2013
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
RICOH CO LTD
International Classes:
G03G15/20
Domestic Patent References:
JP2005202374A2005-07-28
JP2004206105A2004-07-22
JP2009069400A2009-04-02
JPH03196176A1991-08-27
JP2009003410A2009-01-08
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JPS60252382A1985-12-13
JPH10282827A1998-10-23
JPH10228195A1998-08-25
JP2002148979A2002-05-22
Foreign References:
US20150030362A12015-01-29
Other References:
(2)パラ型アラミド繊維, JPN6017031571, 3 August 2017 (2017-08-03), ISSN: 0003694077
フッ素樹脂テフロンの一般特性, JPN6017031572, 3 August 2017 (2017-08-03), ISSN: 0003694078
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ariga Army Ichiro