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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2000
Yuichiro Higashi, Minato-ku, JP;
Nitto Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The fixing apparatus is capable of ensure the freedom of the design for a driving mechanism which is provided for endlessly traveling the fixing belt. In order to accomplish the object, the fixing apparatus has a fixing roller (,), a pressing roller (,) being rollingly contacted the fixing roller (,), a heating roller (,) positioned upstream side of the fixing roller (,) with respect to a feeding direction in which a sheet (S) carrying an unfixed toner image thereon is fed and having a heating source therein, a fixing belt (,) trained around the heating roller (,) and the fixing roller (,) for transferring heat from the heat source to preheat the unfixed toner image on the sheet (S) before the sheet (S) passes through a rolling contact region defined between the fixing roller (,) and pressing roller (,), and a driving mechanism (,) for rotatably driving the pressing roller (,).