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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
May. 26, 2022
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Yamamoto, Toyohashi, JP;
Etsuaki Urano, Okazaki, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a fixing apparatus that fixes an unfixed image on a sheet by causing the sheet to pass through a fixing nip formed by pressing a belt by a pressurizing roller, a lubricant being applied on an inner peripheral surface of the belt, the pressurizing roller being disposed on an outer peripheral side of the belt, and the fixing apparatus includes: a non-rotary pad including a pressed part disposed on an inner peripheral side of the belt and pressed by the pressurizing roller via the belt, and a guide that is disposed upstream of the pressed part in a belt circulating direction and guides the belt to the fixing nip; and a pressure application part that applies a pressure between an end of the belt in a belt width direction and the guide at a position upstream of and immediately before the fixing nip in the belt circulating direction.