Patent ID: 11966179
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. The fixing device according to claim 1,
wherein the discharger includes a brush,
wherein the brush includes:
a contact portion including a plurality of hairs in contact with the first layer and a plurality of hairs in contact with the third layer; and
a holder holding the contact portion, and

wherein a shortest distance of distances from held positions at which the plurality of hairs in contact with the third layer are held by the holder to contact positions at which the plurality of hairs are in contact with the third layer is smaller than a shortest distance of distances from held positions at which the plurality of hairs in contact with the first layer are held by the holder to contact positions at which the plurality of hairs are in contact with the first layer.