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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takahito Kabai, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiaki Okano, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing belt movably supported by a rotatable heating member and a rotatable support member equipped with a surface elastic layer having a hardness not higher than 40°. The fixing device also includes a pressurizing mechanism arranged to face the support member with the fixing belt interposed therebetween and equipped with a pressurizing member movable in synchronism with the fixing belt.