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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2022
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixation member, a fixing member that has an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface, is rotatably provided with respect to the fixation member, comes into contact with, of a recording material on which an image is formed, a surface on which the image is formed, and fixes the image to the recording material, a rotating member that includes a contact surface, which is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the fixing member, at an outer peripheral portion, includes a heat generating portion generating heat due to electric resistance, and is rotatable together with the heat generating portion with respect to the fixation member, and a power receiving member that includes a power receiving surface receiving power from the fixation member with a peripheral surface, has a spring characteristic of biasing the power receiving surface in a direction of the fixation member, and rotates together with the rotating member.