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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Numao, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsumi Kurita, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayo Higashimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Keitaro Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a heating unit that heats an unfixed image on a recording medium, which is deformed by heating, and hence fixes the unfixed image; and a transport member that closely contacts a no-image surface of the recording medium and transports the recording medium while causing a close contact force to act on the recording medium against a deformation force, which is generated at the recording medium by the heating of the heating unit. The close contact force of the recording medium with respect to the transport member is larger than the deformation force generated at the recording medium.