Fixing device and image forming apparatus
US8107857B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2029
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing device fixes a recording medium with a toner image transferred thereon. The fixing device includes an endless belt heated with a heating member; a first pressing member contacting with the endless belt and extending the endless belt together with the heating member; a second pressing member for pressing the endless belt and sandwiching the endless belt together with the first pressing member; and a high thermal conductive member contacting with an inner surface of the endless belt and disposed along a direction crossing a direction that the endless belt moves.
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