Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.
Fixing device with temperature control
A fixing device including a magnetic field generating device to generate a magnetic field, a fixing member to heat a recording material by heat generated in a first recording material passing area having a first width on the fixing member by electromagnetic induction heat generation by the magnetic field formed by the magnetic field generating device, a pressing member to form a nip portion where the pressing member and the fixing member press against each other to fix an unfixed image on the recording material, and at least one radiation heating device configured to heat a second recording material passing area having a second width.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Shigeo Yukimichi Takashi Kohji Hiroyuki Hisashi Toshihiko Atsushi Katsuhiro
Kurotaka Someya Fujita Ue Kunii Kikuchi Baba Nakafuji Echigo