Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
US11287767B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 8, 2020 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2038
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing device includes an endless first rotator, a second rotator configured to contact and press the first rotator, a heater configured to heat the first rotator, a heater support, and a thermal equalizer contacting the first rotator to uniform a temperature distribution in an axial direction of the first rotator. The heater support supports the heater by a clearance fit.
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