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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Keitaro Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Miyata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Sou Morizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Koyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoharu Nakao, Kanagawa, JP;
Toko Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a rotatable endless belt; a planar heat-generating section in which at least a downstream end portion in a movement direction of the belt is in pressure contact with a rotating body via a pressure contact portion and a cross-sectional shape of a downstream edge portion being in contact with an inner surface of the belt is formed in a curved shape having a curvature radius of 0.01 mm or more 0.2 mm or less or in a shape in which the edge portion is cut out over the dimension; and a holding section that is disposed inside the belt and holds the planar heat-generating section to be in pressure contact with the rotating body.