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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2011
Masami Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiichirou Arikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiichirou Arikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a fixing device that includes a first rotating member that rotates while pinching a sheet which holds an image on a first surface of the sheet and is transported, fixes the image to the sheet, and heats the image while coming into contact with the first surface. Further provided is a second rotating member that comes into contact with a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface, a third rotating member that guides the sheet by rotating while coming into contact with the first surface of the sheet fed from a gap between the first and second rotating members, and a support member that supports the first, second, and third rotating members with a space through which the heat of the first rotating member is transferred to the third rotating member interposed between the first and third rotating members.