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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2019
Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Akio Kasuga, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing apparatus includes: a heating rotor having one or more rotational axis and including a heater; a fixing pad that is a non-rotor; a belt stretched around at least the heating rotor and the fixing pad; a pressure roller capable of sandwiching the belt in cooperation with the fixing pad; and a driving source that supplies rotational driving force to the heating rotor, in which the pressure roller is allowed to have a first mode and a second mode, the pressure roller being pressed against the fixing pad in the first mode, the pressure roller being separated from the fixing pad in the second mode, and the heating rotor is given rotational driving force from the driving source at both ends sandwiching the belt.