Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.
Fixing unit and image forming apparatus providing a quick start-up and reduction in energy consumption
A fixing belt is heated by electromagnetic induction. The fixing belt has a heat generating layer that has a thickness not greater than 40 μm and a releasing layer that has a thickness not less than 10 μm. A toner that includes at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a mold releasing agent, and has a glass transition temperature in a range of 35° C. to 50° C. and an outflow-start temperature in a range of 80° C. to 110° C., is used.
Ricoh Company, Limited
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Shigeo Hiroyuki Takashi Toshihiko Kohji Masami Hisashi Katsuhiro Yukimichi Atsushi
Kurotaka Kunii Fujita Baba Ue Tomita Kikuchi Echigo Someya Nakafuji