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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2006
Yasuhiro Uehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Kawahata, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Yoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Chikara Ando, Kanagawa, JP;
Motofumi Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuka Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Miyata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Uehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Kawahata, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Yoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Chikara Ando, Kanagawa, JP;
Motofumi Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuka Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Miyata, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing unit for fixing a toner image on a recording material includes: a rotatable fixing roll; a fixing belt stretched on the fixing roll; at least one tension roll stretching the fixing belt with the fixing roll; a pressurization member disposed to give a pressure to the fixing roll; and a stripping member disposed to press the outer surface of the fixing belt onto the pressurization member in a vicinity of a downstream side of a first contact portion between the fixing roll and the pressurization member.