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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2020
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Fumito Nakamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masakazu Uehara, Osaka, JP;
Hironori Takahashi, 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 member (), and a heating section (). The heating section () faces an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt (). The heating section () includes a heater (HT), a first heat sensitive body (SM), and a second heat sensitive body (SM). The second heat sensitive body (SM) differs from the first heat sensitive body (SM). The heater (HT) has a first heater portion (AE). The first heater portion (AE) is one end portion of a pair of end portions of the heater (HT) in a longitudinal direction thereof. The first heat sensitive body (SM) and the second heat sensitive body (SM) face the first heater portion (AE) and are aligned in a conveyance direction (DC) of a sheet (S).