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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2010
Kiichirou Arikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasutaka Gotoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroko Furukata, Saitama, JP;
Kiichirou Arikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasutaka Gotoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroko Furukata, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes: a fixing rotating member; a pressing rotating member pressed to the fixing surface of the fixing rotating member; a displacing mechanism that can displace the pressing rotating member at least at a first setting position that the pressing rotating member pressed to the fixing surface is located in a first position relative to the fixing rotating member and at a second setting position the pressing rotating member pressed to the fixing surface is in a second position shifted from the first position in the downstream or upstream side of a passing direction of the recording medium at the fixing process part; a guide member having a guide part that guides the recording medium to an introducing portion of the fixing process part; an adjusting mechanism that can adjust the position of the guide member in accordance with the displacement of the pressing rotating member to the first setting position or the second setting position.