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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
May. 17, 2010
Masaya Nakatsuhara, Ebina, JP;
Yuichi Fukuda, Ebina, JP;
Sho Watanabe, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes: a fixing member that fixes a toner image on a recording medium; a pressure member that comes into pressure-contact with an outer peripheral surface of the fixing member and thereby forms a fixing pressure portion between the pressure member and the fixing member, the fixing pressure portion allowing the recording medium carrying an unfixed toner image to pass therethrough; a tension member that is arranged to face the pressure member with the fixing member interposed therebetween, and tensions the fixing member; a peeling member that is arranged at a position downstream of the fixing pressure portion in a recording medium transport direction and adjacent to the tension member, and peels the recording medium from the fixing member; and an exit guide member that guides the recording medium while keeping a temperature of the recording medium, after the recording medium passes through the fixing pressure portion.