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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2018
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kyogo Soshi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a heating member, a pressing member, and a guide portion. The heating member heats a toner image and includes an elastic body. The pressing member presses a recording medium against the heating member. The guide portion does not contact with the heating member, and guides the recording medium ejected from a nip of the heating member and the pressing member. The distance from an exit of the contact portion to an end portion of the guide portion adjacent the contact portion differs in accordance with the position in the longitudinal direction of the heating member. The distance at a position at which the pressure between the heating member and the pressing member is low is longer than the distance at a position at which the pressure between the heating member and the pressing member is high.