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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2017
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Teruo Soeda, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixation device according to an embodiment includes: a belt member having a tubular shape with an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface, and provided to be rotatable; a heating member arranged to face the inner circumferential surface of the belt member; a lubricant supply device including a lubricant holding member that includes a lubricant holding portion that holds a lubricant, an outer surface, and at least one passage extending from the lubricant holding portion to the outer surface, and a lubricant pressurizing member that pressurizes the lubricant held in the lubricant holding portion; and a rotational member provided to be capable of contacting and rotating with the outer circumferential surface of the belt member.