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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kiichiro Arikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroko Furukata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Ishino, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a pair of fixing members that contact each other and that rotate or circulate, and that heat and press a sheet that is transported with a toner image being carried thereby and that is interposed between the fixing members, to fix the toner image to the sheet; and a guide member that guides to a fixing area the sheet that is transported towards the fixing members. The guide member includes a metallic member and resin members. The metallic member has a guide surface that faces the sheet that is transported towards the guide member. The resin members are disposed at the guide surface so as to be spaced apart from each other in a widthwise direction. The resin members protrude from the guide surface and are struck by a front edge of the sheet in the transport direction of the sheet.