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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2006
Jun Sawamura, Saitama, JP;
Masaharu Inaba, Saitama, JP;
Hideki Sato, Saitama, JP;
Yasuo Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Hitoshi Nanba, Saitama, JP;
Jun Sawamura, Saitama, JP;
Masaharu Inaba, Saitama, JP;
Hideki Sato, Saitama, JP;
Yasuo Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Hitoshi Nanba, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a heating member disposed with an internal heating source and a pressuring member that presses against the heating member. The fixing device is configured to be attachable to and detachable from an image forming apparatus body, and includes: brackets that retain the heating member; pressuring levers that retain the pressuring member and are movably supported in the brackets; urging means that push the pressuring levers in a direction where the pressuring member presses against the heating member; and cams that are rotatably supported in the brackets, contact the pressuring levers, and adjust the pressuring force of the pressuring member.