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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Koji Yamamoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Mamoru Fukaya, Nagoya, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes: a heating rotator and a pressure rotator configured to be pressed against and separated from each other, the rotators being rotated while being pressed against each other to thermally fix a toner image formed on a recording medium at a nip portion between the rotators; and a separating member configured to separate the recording medium to which the toner image is thermally fixed, the separating member being enabled to be brought close to and be separated from the nip portion between the rotators, wherein when the rotators in a pressure contact state are separated from each other, the rotators are separated after the separating member is moved away from the nip portion, and when the rotators in a separated state are pressed against each other, the separating member is brought close to the nip portion after the rotators are pressed against each other.