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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Tatsunori Izawa, Yokohama, JP;
S-PRINTING SOLUTION CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A fixing device for improving heat efficiency and an image forming apparatus including the fixing device includes a heating roller, a pressing roller, a pressing portion, a halogen lamp, a reflection plate, a first reflection member including a first reflection unit configured to reflect light irradiated from a first halogen lamp to the heating rotator, and a second reflection member including a second reflection unit configured to reflect light irradiated from a second halogen lamp to the heating rotator, wherein a center portion of the first reflection unit has a higher reflectivity than opposite end portions of the first reflection unit, and opposite end portions of the second reflection unit have a higher reflectivity than a center portion of the second reflection unit.