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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
May. 19, 2014
Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a fixing device including: a fixing nip width changing section configured to change a fixing nip width of a fixing nip; and a control section configured to control the fixing nip width changing section such that the fixing nip width is smaller than a fixing nip width for use in a fixation, and to rotate a fixing side member and a back side supporting member at different circumferential speeds so as to restore a surface of the fixing side member, wherein the control section controls the fixing nip width such that a circumferential speed difference between the fixing side member and the back side supporting member is equal to a predetermined circumferential speed difference.