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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Mikio Saiki, Kanagawa, JP;
Mikio Saiki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a plurality of belt support members including a first roller, an endless belt, a heating structure, a first support that has two bearings and an urging part and supports the first roller via the urging part and the two bearings, a second support that supports at least one another belt support member excluding the first roller, the second support rotatably supporting the first roller, an angle changing mechanism that changes an angle of the first support with respect to the second support to correct eccentricity in a width direction of the endless belt, and a second roller that rotates while being pressed against an outer surface of the endless belt, the second roller sandwiching a medium carrying an unfixed toner image between the second roller and the endless belt, the second roller fixing the toner image to the medium in cooperation with the endless belt.