Fixing device and image forming apparatus
US7155155B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 2, 2004 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2041
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
To provide a fixing device which can suppress the occurrence of a temperature droop phenomenon, and to stably peel off a recording sheet from a fixing roll side. There are provided a fixing belt module and a pressure belt module, and the fixing belt module and the pressure belt module are in contact with each other through a fixing belt and a pressure belt in a first nip portion formed on a fixing roll around which the fixing belt is wound and a second nip portion formed on a pressure roll around which the pressure belt is wound.
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