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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunari Kobaru, Susono, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device to fix an image formed on a recording material to the recording material includes a cylindrical belt, a nip portion forming member contacting the belt, a backup member forming a nip portion with the nip portion forming member, a halogen heater including a bulb filled with gas and having a sealing portion sealing the bulb, and a reflection member that is long in a longitudinal direction of the halogen heater, wherein an image formed on the recording material is fixed to the recording material at the nip portion, and wherein the reflection member has a length greater than a length of a light emission area of the halogen heater, and the nip portion forming member has a length greater than the length of the reflection member.