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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Ukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Sawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Akatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruhiko Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes first and second contact bodies that apply a pressure to a recording medium to fix an unfixed image on the recording medium; a pressing member that is movable between a first position at which the pressing member is in contact with the first contact body and a second position at which the pressing member is separated from the first contact body; a first urging member that urges the pressing member to apply a force to the first contact body; a guide member that controls a direction in which the first contact body moves; a second urging member that is interposed between the pressing member and the guide member and that urges the guide member to apply a force to the first contact body; and a changer that selectively changes a position of the pressing member between the first and second positions.