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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shutaro Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Kozuma, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes an endless fixing belt, a heating roller that heats the fixing belt, a steering roller, and a pressurization rotating member. The steering roller is controlled to swing to move the fixing belt to a prescribed position. The pressurization rotating member pressurizes and forms a fixing nip portion with the fixing belt. When a recording material bearing unfixed toner is nipped and conveyed to the fixing nip portion, an unfixed toner image is fixed to the recording material. A single inclination operation that inclines the steering roller results in an inclination angle that is smaller when a recording material having a length greater than a predetermined length in a recording material conveying direction is conveyed to the fixing nip portion than when a recording material having a length less than or equal to the predetermined length in the conveying direction is conveyed to the fixing nip portion.