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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2022
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Kawasaki, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Eiki, Osaka, JP;
Ryohei Tokunaga, Osaka, JP;
Yuta Kitabayashi, Osaka, JP;
Rina Kikugawa, Osaka, JP;
Shunsaku Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Tei To, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a first fixing member, a second fixing member, a pressing member, and a heating device. The first fixing member is in an ungrounded state and comes into contact with a toner image on a sheet. The second fixing member is arranged opposite the first fixing member. The pressing member presses the first fixing member against the second fixing member so as to form, at the contact portion between the first fixing member and the second fixing member, a nip portion through which the sheet passes. The heating device heats the first fixing member.