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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hirohiko Aiba, Suntou-gun, JP;
Satoru Taniguchi, Mishima, JP;
Takashi Honke, Mishima, JP;
Masaki Hirose, Suntou-gun, JP;
Mahito Yoshioka, Numazu, JP;
Taisuke Minagawa, Suntou-gun, JP;
Fumiki Inui, Mishima, JP;
Keita Nakajima, Mishima, JP;
Kazushi Nishikata, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device for fixing an image formed on a recording material onto the recording material. The fixing device includes a heater contacting an inner surface of the film, a supporting member for supporting the heater, the supporting member being provided in a hollow space, a first portion for preventing lateral movement of the film in a generatrix direction of the film, the first portion being supported by a frame of the fixing device and holding the supporting member, and a second portion opposed to a surface of the heater where the heater contacts the film and elongated along a widthwise direction of the heater, the second portion being provided at the same position with the generatrix direction of the film.