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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Noboru Suzuki, Komaki, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes an endless belt, a nip member elongated in a longitudinal direction and having a first surface contactable to an inner peripheral surface of the endless belt and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a backup member configured to nip the endless belt with the nip member and form a nip portion between the backup member and the endless belt, a heater disposed inside the endless belt and elongated in the longitudinal direction, a reflection member disposed between the nip member and the heater and configured to reflect radiation heat from the heater, and a heat sensitive element configured to detect a temperature, the heat sensitive element being disposed between the reflection member and the nip member and facing the second surface of the nip member.