Patents by Inventor Kaori HEMM!

Kaori HEMM! has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160306306
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing belt looped over a first roller and a second roller and rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and a pressure rotator to press against the first roller via the fixing belt to form a fixing nip between the fixing belt and the pressure rotator. A separation aid, disposed downstream from the fixing nip in the direction of rotation of the fixing belt, contacts an inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt to decrease a radius of curvature of the fixing belt. A polishing roller, disposed downstream from the separation aid and upstream from the second roller in the direction of rotation of the fixing belt, contacts an outer circumferential surface of the fixing belt. An opposed roller, disposed opposite the polishing roller via the fixing belt, forms a polishing nip between the polishing roller and the fixing belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nozawa, Masami OKAMOTO, Yuuki KIKUSHIMA, Keisuke KUBOTA, Shuutaroh YUASA, Kaori HEMM!