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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Tsuneaki Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Machida, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohji Kamiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fixing device including a heating roller; a fixing roller facing the heating roller; a fixing belt wound between the heating roller and the fixing roller, and including, a cylindrical substrate, and an elastic layer provided on or above the substrate except at end parts of the substrate; a pressure roller configured to press the fixing roller through the fixing belt; and a separation part configured to separate media from the fixing belt.