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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2009
Yasuki Tanaka, Saitama, JP;
Yukihiro Ichiki, Saitama, JP;
Satoshi Isahai, Saitama, JP;
Masami Ishida, Saitama, JP;
Masahiro Ishino, Saitama, JP;
Hitoshi Nanba, Saitama, JP;
Yasuki Tanaka, Saitama, JP;
Yukihiro Ichiki, Saitama, JP;
Satoshi Isahai, Saitama, JP;
Masami Ishida, Saitama, JP;
Masahiro Ishino, Saitama, JP;
Hitoshi Nanba, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device comprises a heating roll; an endless belt; and a pressurizing member that forms a pressure contact portion for pushing the endless belt against an outer peripheral surface part of the heating roll from an inner peripheral surface side of the pressurizing member so that a recording medium holding an unfixed image passes between the pressure contact portion and the heating roll, wherein the pressurizing member includes: a hard pressurizing member and a soft pressurizing member the hard pressurizing member, and the soft pressurizing member are disposed in a state in which a clearance is present between the hard pressurizing member and the soft pressurizing member in a specific region part so that at least a specific recording medium passes in a fixing region of the pressure contact portion in the rotating axis direction of the heating roll.