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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2008
Chikara Ando, Ebina, JP;
Chikara Ando, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The fixing device is provided with: a fixing roll that is rotatable; a belt member that is stretched by the fixing roll; a pressure roll that presses the fixing roll through the belt member; and a peeling member that presses an outer surface of the belt member against the pressure roll. The pressure roll presses the belt member with pressure at an edge portion of the belt member larger than pressure at a central portion of the belt member in an axial direction, and the peeling member presses the belt member with pressure at the edge portion of the belt member equal to or larger than pressure at the central portion of the belt member in the axial direction.