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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2017
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Sawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Ukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Akatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a roller member that rotates and a belt member including an endless belt that moves circularly while being in contact with the roller member, a pressing member that is disposed in a space enclosed by the endless belt and that presses the endless belt against the roller member on both a downstream side and an upstream side relative to a direction of rotation of the roller member, and a rotation hindering member that is disposed in the space enclosed by the endless belt and that hinders the pressing member from rotating as a result of receiving a reaction force. The roller member and the endless belt nip a sheet that has been transported while holding a toner image on the sheet and cause the sheet to pass between the roller member and the endless belt, so that the toner image is fixed onto the sheet.