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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2010
Junichi Ichikawa, Ebina, JP;
Junpei Amano, Ebina, JP;
Aya Kakishima, Ebina, JP;
Masaya Nakatsuhara, Ebina, JP;
Sho Watanabe, Ebina, JP;
Junichi Ichikawa, Ebina, JP;
Junpei Amano, Ebina, JP;
Aya Kakishima, Ebina, JP;
Masaya Nakatsuhara, Ebina, JP;
Sho Watanabe, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes: a belt member provided to be circularly movable; a first fixing member disposed inside the belt member; a second fixing member that is disposed to be in press contact with the first fixing member across the belt member, and forms a press contact portion between the belt member and the second fixing member; a pressing member that presses the belt member against the second fixing member, the pressing member having a pressing surface that presses an inner peripheral surface of the belt member on a downstream side of the press contact portion in a moving direction of the belt member; and a suppressing unit that suppresses looseness in a portion of the belt member in the width direction thereof, the portion being located on the downstream side of the press contact portion and an upstream side of the pressing surface in the moving direction of the belt member.