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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Atsushi Takai, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Tohkai, Kanagawa, JP;
Norihiko Aze, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing belt for a fixing device of an image forming apparatus includes a base layer including a heat-resistant resin and a mesh member embedded in the heat-resistant resin and including a metal member, in which the mesh member includes an opening. The heat-resistant resin fills in the opening. A thickness of the thinnest portion of the mesh member is 40% or more of the thickness of the base layer. A fixing device includes a heating member; a pressure member; and the fixing belt as described above. Further, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming section and the fixing device including the above described fixing belt.