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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2020
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Masataka Yagi, Aichi, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes an endless fixing belt, a pad member disposed to be opposed to an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt, a sliding contact member disposed between the fixing belt and the pad member to slide on the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt, and a support member supporting the pad member. A heat insulating member having thermal conductivity lower than thermal conductivity of the pad member is interposed in at least one of a plurality of interfaces located between the sliding contact member in a portion in which the sliding contact member slides on the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt and the support member.