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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2002
Yasuhiro Ohno, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshiya Natsuhara, Takarazuka, JP;
Eiichi Sano, Itami, JP;
Ken Tanino, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshihiro Fukuhata, Takarazuka, JP;
Masami Miyazaki, Itami, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The fixing device of the present invention comprises a heating roller having an internal heating device; a flexible fixing belt wrapped around the exterior side of the heating roller and having a circumferential length longer than the circumferential length of the heating roller; and a pressure roller for pressing against the heating roller through the fixing belt, wherein a slack part of the fixing belt is formed on the downstream side from the pressure contact part between the heating roller and the pressure roller in the direction of transport of the recording medium, such that this slack part touches the exterior surface of the pressure roller.