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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2014
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Ishii, Osaka, JP;
Keiichi Tanida, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes an endless fixing belt, a heating unit, a supporting member, and a pressure roller. The pressure roller sandwiches the fixing belt to form a fixing nip portion between the pressure roller and the fixing belt. The fixing device is configured to insert a recording medium into the fixing nip portion to fix an unfixed toner image carried on the recording medium. The fixing belt includes a heating layer and a sliding layer. The heating layer is configured to generate heat using the heating unit. The sliding layer is laminated onto an inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt and sliding on the supporting member. The plurality of holes are formed in the sliding layer such that the sliding layer has a mesh pattern in plan view.