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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Mikio Saiki, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Uehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsumi Kurita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Ohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromi Nagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Komatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing member that fixes a toner image to a recording medium, a pressure member that forms, together with the fixing member, a pressure portion through which the recording medium carrying the toner image yet to be fixed passes, and a heating member including a heating layer that generates heat when energized and an insulating layer that encloses the heating layer so as to electrically insulate the heating layer. The heating member has a curved shape along an inner peripheral surface of the fixing member, in a state in which no external force is applied, and is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the fixing member.