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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Tanto, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device has a heating member for fixing a toner image and a holding member holding the heating member. The holding member includes a first groove portion on one end portion side of the holding member in a longitudinal direction of the holding member, the heating member being fitted into the first groove portion; a second groove portion closer to a central portion of the holding member in the longitudinal direction than the first groove portion, a width of the second groove portion being larger than that of the first groove portion in a widthwise direction of the holding member; a tapered portion that connects the first groove portion to the second groove portion; and a surface of an end portion of the first groove portion in the longitudinal direction that is perpendicular to a surface of an end portion of the first groove portion in the widthwise direction.
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