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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Ohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Uehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Mikio Saiki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kimiyuki Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Suto, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a rotatable endless fixing member that fixes a toner image onto a recording medium, and a heating member. The heating member includes a heat-generating layer that generates heat when supplied with electricity; an insulation layer that encloses the heat-generating layer therein to electrically insulate the heat-generating layer; a metallic layer that is laminated on a first surface of the insulation layer, has higher rigidity than the insulation layer, and generates an elastic restoring force; and a thermally conductive layer that is laminated on a second surface of the insulation layer, has lower rigidity than the metallic layer, and has higher thermal conductivity than the insulation layer and the metallic layer. The heating member is supported by one edge of the fixing member in a circumferential direction thereof, elastically deforms by being pressed against an inner peripheral surface of the fixing member, and heats the fixing member.