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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Yamagishi, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Ishii, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Eiki, Osaka, JP;
Takefumi Yotsutsuji, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a heat source, a pressing member, a heating stop device and a deformation preventing member. The deformation preventing member is configured to face an inner circumferential face of the fixing belt. In a state where the fixing belt is not broken in a circumferential direction, the fixing belt and the deformation preventing member are arranged at an interval, and when the fixing belt is broken in the circumferential direction, the fixing belt is deformed and comes into contact with the deformation preventing member so that the fixing belt is prevented from being deformed to a side far from the heating stop device.