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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
May. 26, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Yamagishi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiharu Kanematsu, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Eiki, Osaka, JP;
Hironori Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Takefumi Yotsutsuji, Osaka, JP;
Eriko Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a pressing member and a temperature sensor. The fixing belt is arranged rotatably. The pressuring member is arranged rotatably and configured to come into pressure contact with the fixing belt so as to form a fixing nip. The pressing member is configured to press the fixing belt to the pressuring member side. The temperature sensor is inserted into the pressing member. The pressing member has a through hole penetrating from a face at the fixing nip side to an insertion part of the temperature sensor.