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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
May. 29, 2003
Ken Tanino, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasuhiro Ohno, Ibaraki, JP;
Shoukou Gon, Taakarazuka, JP;
Kazuo Mohri, Itami, JP;
Masami Miyazaki, Itami, JP;
Makoto Fujii, Itami, JP;
Eiichi Sano, Takarazuka, JP;
Ken Tanino, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasuhiro Ohno, Ibaraki, JP;
Shoukou Gon, Taakarazuka, JP;
Kazuo Mohri, Itami, JP;
Masami Miyazaki, Itami, JP;
Makoto Fujii, Itami, JP;
Eiichi Sano, Takarazuka, JP;
Minolta Company, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A heat fixing device for heat fixing a toner image to a receiving medium having a pair of fixing belts in an endless form; a pair of rotary members individually disposed on a respective inside circumference of the fixing belts and pressed against each other via the fixing belts; a pair of fixing members individually disposed on the respective inside circumference of the fixing belts and pressed against each other via the fixing belts; and a heating element for heating at least one of the fixing belts, wherein the fixing belts contact the rotary members and the fixing members only at a respective portion thereof via which the respective pair of rotary members and fixing members are pressed against each other.