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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixation device includes a first roller, a second roller facing the first roller, a stretch member configured to travel to pass between the first roller and the second roller, a press member configured to press the stretch member against the first roller, a heater member configured to heat the stretch member, a movement mechanism configured to move at least one of the first roller and the second roller in such directions that the first roller and the second roller come close to each other and are spaced away from each other, and a controller configured, depending on a type of a medium, to change a contact state between the first roller and the second roller by driving the movement mechanism.