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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Akatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Sawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruhiko Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Ukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a heating unit, an endless belt body that follows rotation of the heating unit, and a pressing unit that faces the heating unit with the endless belt body interposed therebetween. The pressing unit includes a retaining body that rotatably retains the endless belt body, a pressing-area-forming portion that is a part of the retaining body, and a pressing member provided on an upstream side of the retaining body with respect to the pressing-area-forming portion in a direction of rotation of the endless belt body, the pressing member being a metal plate that is bent along a line extending in a longitudinal direction thereof. The pressing unit is movable relative to the heating unit between a position where a pressing area is formed by the pressing-area-forming portion and the pressing member and a position where the pressing area is formed by the pressing member.