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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2018
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masataka Yagi, Okazaki, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes: a fixing belt that is endless and rotatable; a heating member that heats the fixing belt; a pressure member that is rotatable and presses the fixing belt from outside; a pad member that forms a fixing nip by sandwiching the fixing belt with the pressure member; a support member that supports the pad member; a friction reducing sheet that is provided between the fixing belt and the pad member and reduces friction with the fixing belt; and a heat equalizing sheet that is provided between the friction reducing sheet and the pad member and heats the fixing belt at the fixing nip uniformly in a width direction of a paper sheet passing through the fixing nip.