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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2010
Naoyuki Egusa, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Furuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuro Kodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Matsubara, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyuki Egusa, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Furuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuro Kodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Matsubara, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a laser source that irradiates an image with laser light, the image being formed on a moving recording material with a thermoplastic image-forming material; and a support member arranged to face the laser source and having a curved portion, the curved portion being curved to extend in a recording-material moving direction and to protrude toward the laser source, the curved portion having a supporting portion of the recording material corresponding to at least an irradiation area of the laser light in a curved manner.