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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2039 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing unit that heats and fixes an unfixed image held on a recording medium onto the recording medium, a detector that is disposed at a position downstream from the fixing unit in a direction in which the recording medium is transported and that detects the recording medium by detecting thermal energy emitted by the recording medium, and a heating unit that heats the detector.