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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2012
Teruaki Kuroda, Tokyo, JP;
Teruaki Kuroda, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An invented fixing device for rendering stable the pressure of a pressure pad and for reducing disorder in images conveys a paper on which toner images are formed and fixes the toner image on the paper in application of heat and pressure. The fixing device includes an endless fixing belt heated and rotationally driven, and a tensioning member tensioning the fixing belt. In the fixing belt, arranged are a fixing roller, a pressure pad pressing the fixing belt from the inner periphery surface to the outer periphery surface, and a guide member guiding the fixing belt in a rotation direction in contact with the inner periphery surface of the fixing belt. Nipping portions are formed outside the fixing belt by contacting the fixing roller with the pressure pad via the fixing belt.