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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2010
Hiroko Furukata, Saitama, JP;
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;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device has a regulating mechanism for maintaining a contact portion of a pressing member in a state in which the contact portion does not contact with a fixing roll through a fixing belt from a second area to a first area or a state in which a pressure is reduced so that the contact portion contacts with the fixing roll when switching from a state in which the contact portion is placed in the second area to a state in which the contact portion is placed in the first area is carried out by a switching mechanism, and making a transition for the contact portion of the pressing member into a contact state at a predetermined pressure when the first area is reached.