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US 8,787,817 B2Granted
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsYuuki Kikushima, Sho Sawahata, Genichiro Kawamichi, Ken Onodera
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Abstract
A fixing device includes a conveying unit configured to convey a recording medium; a conveyance stopping unit configured to stop conveyance of the recording medium; a heating unit having a heating plane and configured to heat a part of the recording medium, which part is laid over the heating plane; and a cooling unit configured to cool the part of the recording medium, whose conveyance has been stopped, by applying cooling air to the part of the recording medium from above.
Claims20
A fixing device comprising:
- a conveying unit configured to convey a recording medium;
- a conveyance stopping unit configured to stop conveyance of the recording medium;
- a heating unit having a heating plane and configured to heat a part of the recording medium, which part is laid over the heating plane;
- and
- a cooling unit configured to cool the part of the recording medium, whose conveyance has been stopped, by applying cooling air to the part of the recording medium from above the recording medium.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a fixing device which includes,
- a conveying unit configured to convey a recording medium,
- a conveyance stopping unit configured to stop conveyance of the recording medium,
- a heating unit having a heating plane and configured to heat a part of the recording medium laid over the heating plane, and
- a cooling unit configured to cool the part of the recording medium, whose conveyance has been stopped, by applying cooling air to the part of the recording medium from above the recording medium;
- and
- an image forming unit configured to form an image on the recording medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.