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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2017
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Teruo Soeda, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixation device includes: an endless fixation belt an outer surface of which comes into contact with a printing medium at a fixation position; a contact member which includes a contact surface in contact with an inner surface of the fixation belt at the fixation position, the contact surface being displaceable, in a region corresponding to an end portion in the width direction of the printing medium; and a support member which includes a support surface supporting the contact member. A second distance from a reference passage surface of the printing medium to a widthwise end position on the support surface is larger than a first distance from the reference passage surface of the printing medium to a widthwise center position on the support surface.