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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Sawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Ukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Akatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a rotatably-supported first fixing member and a second fixing member pressed against the first member. The second member includes a belt-shaped component, a support component, and a pressing component. The belt-shaped component extends in a width direction of a medium passing through a contact region between the belt-shaped component and the first member. The support component is disposed opposite the first member with the belt-shaped component interposed therebetween. The pressing component has a base end supported by the support component and a free end extending toward the contact region and presses the belt-shaped component against the first member. The pressing component has biasing portions arranged apart in the width direction and elastically deformable in correspondence with the medium thickness. The biasing portions are connected in the width direction by the free end. The free end is disposed at an upstream side in a medium transport direction.