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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2012
Masami Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiichirou Arikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiichirou Arikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a cylindrical rotating member rotating in a circumferential direction thereof and having a slot at an end thereof and a protruding section extending along an edge of the slot at a front side in a rotational direction of the rotating member, the rotating member receiving a rotational driving force via the slot; a pressing member pressing a recording medium bearing an unfixed toner image on a surface thereof by nipping the recording medium together with the rotating member so as to fix the toner image onto the surface; a heat source heating the recording medium; and a driving member having an engagement section engaged with the slot and in contact with the protruding section at a position separated from a peripheral wall of the cylinder by a certain distance, the driving member imparting the rotational driving force to the rotating member via the engagement section.