FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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Oct 3, 2024
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Jul 31, 2023
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Mar 29, 2023
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A fixing device includes an endless-belt-shaped fixing section that is rotatably provided; a supporting section that is disposed inside the fixing section and that supports an inner peripheral surface of the fixing section; a pressure contact section that is in pressure contact with the supporting section at a fixing nip portion via the fixing section; a lubricant that is interposed between the supporting section and the fixing section; and a lubricant storing portion that is provided at an inlet of the fixing nip portion of the supporting section such that a width of a gap between the fixing section and the lubricant storing portion gradually decreases along a rotational direction of the fixing section and that stores the lubricant.
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