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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a fixing device. An endless fixing belt has an inner circumferential surface to which lubricant is applied and that is rotated. A first plate-shaped body is disposed along the inner circumferential surface and is in contact with the inner circumferential surface. A second plate-shaped body is disposed along the first plate-shaped body at a distance to cause a capillary phenomenon in the lubricant. A bent portion is provided in an end portion of the second plate-shaped body in a rotating direction of the fixing belt and is bent on an inner circumferential surface side on a downstream side of an end portion of the first plate-shaped body in the rotating direction of the fixing belt.