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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a fixing device including a heating rotating body that heats a toner image formed on a recording medium, a pressurizing rotating body including an endless belt that is placed in such a manner that an outer circumferential surface thereof faces the heating rotating body, a first pressurizing member that is placed on a side of an inner circumferential surface of the endless belt and forms a fixing nip portion between the endless belt and the heating rotating body, and a second pressurizing member that guides the recording medium so that the recording medium comes into contact with the heating rotating body on an upstream side of the fixing nip portion in a transportation direction of the recording medium, and a releasing unit that releases pressure contact of the pressurizing rotating body that is in pressure contact with heating rotating body.