Heater, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsYoshiki YAMAGUCHI, Kazuhito KISHI, Yasunori ISHIGAYA, Ippei FUJIMOTO, Keisuke KAWABATA, Haruyuki HONDA
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Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and including a heated face and a heater including a contact face contacting the heated face of the fixing rotator. The contact face has a Vickers hardness not greater than about 600 Hv.
Claims14
A fixing device comprising:
- a fixing rotator rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and including a heated face;
- and
- a heater including a contact face contacting the heated face of the fixing rotator, the contact face having a Vickers hardness not greater than about 600 Hv.
A heater for heating a fixing rotator for fixing a toner image on a recording medium, the heater comprising a contact face contacting the fixing rotator and having a Vickers hardness not greater than about 600 Hv.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image bearer to bear a toner image;
- and
- a fixing device, disposed downstream from the image bearer in a recording medium conveyance direction, to fix the toner image on a recording medium,
- the fixing device including:
- a fixing rotator rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and including a heated face;
- and
- a heater including a contact face contacting the heated face of the fixing rotator, the contact face having a Vickers hardness not greater than about 600 Hv.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.