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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
May. 19, 2021
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yuhiro Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Masakazu Uehara, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Watatani, Osaka, JP;
Fumito Nakamoto, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a heater holding member, and a belt holding member. The fixing belt fixes a toner image to a sheet by heating the sheet. The heater holding member guides the fixing belt such that the fixing belt can peripherally rotate. The heater holding member holds a heater that heats the fixing belt. The belt holding member is fixed in position with respect to a conveyance path of the sheet and holds an end portion of the fixing belt in a rotation axis direction of the fixing belt such that the fixing belt can peripherally rotate. The belt holding member includes an engaging portion. The heater holding member includes an engaged portion that is engaged with the engaging portion to restrict a movement of the belt holding member with respect to the heater holding member.