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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Teruo Soeda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); B65H 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2028 (2013.01); G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); B65H 5/023 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00139 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2016 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing device includes a belt unit and an opposite member. The belt unit and opposite member are configured to, when a recording medium with a developer image transferred thereon passes through a nip region formed by the belt unit and opposite member, fix the developer image to the recording medium. The belt unit includes an endless belt, a heater group including a plurality of stacked heaters, and a holder that holds the heater group inside the belt.