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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
May. 11, 2023
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Keitaro Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Miyata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Koyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sou Morizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoharu Nakao, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Jouta Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a belt member that cyclically moves, a pressing unit that comes into contact with the belt member and presses a recording medium moving between the belt member and the pressing unit, and a heat source that includes a base material, a resistance heating element disposed on a surface of the base material along a longitudinal direction of the base material, and an insulator covering the resistance heating element and that comes into contact with the pressing unit via the belt member to heat an inner surface of the belt member, in which the insulator is formed to cover a corner portion of the base material in a direction of movement of the belt member.