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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2023
Applicant:
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Matsubara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Ohashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Ishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hina Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Minato-ku, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2032 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2041 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing device includes an endless belt, multiple stretchers that stretch the belt, a heater that heats the belt including sections, section by section, sectioned in a direction crossing a rotation direction of the belt, and a switch that switches the sections heated by the heater from one to another in accordance with a position of an edge portion of the belt in the direction crossing the rotation direction of the belt.