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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2011
Makoto Fuchigami, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazutoshi Misonoo, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Fuchigami, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazutoshi Misonoo, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a heat source, a roller heated by the heat source; an endless belt rotating with the roller; a plate member arranged inside the endless belt; a pressing member attached to one end of the plate member in a lateral direction of the plate member such that a longitudinal direction of the pressing member runs along the longitudinal direction of the plate member, and pressing the endless belt against the roller; and a guide portion including a long member, and attached to the other end of the plate member in a lateral direction of the plate member such that a longitudinal direction of the long member runs along the longitudinal direction of the plate member, and each of the plural ribs fixed to only one of the pressing member and the long member and extending toward another one of the pressing portion and the long member.