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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2021
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Fumito Nakamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masakazu Uehara, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Watatani, Osaka, JP;
Yuhiro Sakai, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressure applying member, and a heater holding member. The fixing belt fixes toner to a sheet. The pressure applying member forms a nip portion together with an outer peripheral surface of the fixing belt and causes the fixing belt to peripherally rotate while applying pressure to the fixing belt at the nip portion. The heater holding member holds a heater that applies heat to the fixing belt. The heater holding member includes: a side portion that extends from the nip portion along an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt and guides the fixing belt; and a plurality of inclined ribs that are disposed on the side portion to face the inner peripheral surface and formed such that an interval between them is gradually narrowed as they proceed in a direction in which the fixing belt peripherally rotates.