Fixer and image forming apparatus including the same
US7817952B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/20
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixer configured to fix an image on an recording medium passing through a fixing nip includes a holder including an elastic layer, a fixing rotator including a heating layer, provided overlying the holder, and a pressurizer configured to pressurize the holder via the fixing rotator to form the fixing nip. A part of the pressurizer, which forms the fixing nip, has a length not less than a length of the heating layer in a width direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the recording medium.
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