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

Claim 17:
18. The fixing device according to claim 11, further comprising
a bearing supporting a shaft of the first rotator,
wherein the first layer has an exposed portion having an outer surface exposed to the outside of the first rotator,
wherein the discharger 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 the discharger is inclined with respect to an axial direction of the first rotator, and
wherein an angle formed by the axial direction of the first rotator and a holding surface on which the holder holds the contact portion is larger than an angle formed by the axial direction of the first rotator and a line connecting an axial center position on an axis of the first rotator in a shaft portion held by the bearing and an edge of an outer peripheral surface of the third layer in the axial direction, the edge closer to the bearing than to the other edge of the outer peripheral surface of the third layer in the axial direction.