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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yasutaka Naito, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiichiro Tokuhiro, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a magnetic field generator; a heating belt that heats toner on a transported sheet holding an unfixed toner image; a pressure roller that rotates while being pushed against an outer surface of the heating belt and that presses the sheet; a temperature-sensitive magnetic member that is disposed at an inner surface of the heating belt so as to oppose the magnetic field generator; a backing member that is disposed at the inner surface of the heating belt so as to oppose the pressure roller; and a supporting member that is disposed at an inner side of the heating belt, supports both end portions of the heating belt in a width direction, supports a back surface of the backing member, and supports the temperature-sensitive magnetic member.