Patent ID: 11874620
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. 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;
a conductor being in contact with the first layer and the third layer; and
a discharger being in contact with at least one of the first layer, the third layer, the conductor, or a surface layer of the second rotator.