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

Claim 0:
1. A fixing device comprising:
a first rotator including:
a first layer being electrically conductive;
a second layer not being electrically conductive; and
a third layer being electrically conductive;

the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer existing in an order of the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer from a center of the first rotator to an outside of the first rotator;
a second rotator forming a nip between the first rotator and the second rotator, the nip through which a recording medium bearing a toner image passes;
a heater disposed inside a loop of the second rotator and configured to heat the second rotator; and
a discharger in contact with the first layer and the third layer,
the discharger configured to remove electric charge from the first rotator.