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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Haruhiko Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Sawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Ukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Akatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion and a fixing device. The image forming portion forms a developer image on a recording medium. The fixing device is removably mounted to an image forming apparatus body, and fixes the developer image formed by the image forming portion to the recording medium. The fixing device includes a first rotator, a second rotator, and a pressing mechanism. The second rotator contacts the first rotator to form an interposition region in which the recording medium is interposed between the first rotator and the second rotator. The pressing mechanism presses the first rotator and the second rotator against each other. The image forming apparatus further includes a change mechanism that changes a force with which the pressing mechanism presses the first rotator and the second rotator against each other. The change mechanism is mounted to the image forming apparatus body.