Fixing device and image forming apparatus including the fixing device
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTakuma NAKAMURA, Yukimichi Someya, Misaki Shimizu
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Abstract
A fixing device and an image forming apparatus including the fixing device. The fixing device includes a fixing member having a dielectric body to fix a toner image onto a recording medium by heating and melting the toner image onto the recording medium, a dielectric heating portion to heat the fixing member by dielectric heating, and a pressure member to press against the fixing member to form a nip portion therebetween to nip the recording medium as the recording medium is conveyed therebetween.
Claims8
A fixing device comprising:
- a fixing member comprising a dielectric body and configured to fix a toner image onto a recording medium by heating and melting the toner image onto the recording medium;
- a dielectric heating portion configured to heat the fixing member by dielectric heating;
- and
- a pressure member configured to press against the fixing member to form a nip portion therebetween to nip the recording medium as the recording medium is conveyed therebetween.
An image forming apparatus comprising a fixing device, the fixing device comprising:
- a fixing member comprising a dielectric body and configured to fix a toner image onto a recording medium by heating and melting the toner image onto the recording medium;
- a dielectric heating portion configured to heat the fixing member by dielectric heating;
- and
- a pressure member configured to press against the fixing member to form a nip portion therebetween to nip the recording medium as the recording medium is conveyed therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.