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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Jumpei Amano, Ebina, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a belt member that moves in a circulating manner, a pressure member that is disposed to be in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the belt member, and pressurizes a recording material on which an image is formed, and a heating member. The heating member includes a curved portion that is curved along an inner circumferential surface of the belt member and is in contact with the inner circumferential surface, a bent portion that is bent from an upstream side end portion of the curved portion in a moving direction of the belt member and is separated from the inner circumferential surface, and a heat generation portion that is provided in the curved portion and heats the belt member. A generated heat amount in the curved portion on the upstream side is larger than that in the curved portion on a downstream side.