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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunari Kobaru, Susono, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a cylindrical belt, a nip portion forming member contacting the belt, a halogen heater including a bulb filled with gas and having a sealing portion sealing the bulb, a filament inside the bulb and having a light emission portion, an external lead extending to outside the halogen heater, and a metal body arranged in the sealing portion and electrically connected the filament and the external lead, and a reflection member reflecting the radiation light of the halogen heater toward the nip portion forming member, the reflection member being long in a longitudinal direction of the halogen heater, wherein a longitudinal end of the reflection member is configured to lie in an area between an end of a light emission area constituted by the light emission portion of the halogen heater and the metal body in the longitudinal direction of the halogen heater.