Fixing device and image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9864313
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15244079

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A fixing device includes a first belt that heats a developer image on a recording medium; a support member that is arranged inside the first belt and supports the first belt; a second belt that sandwiches the recording medium with the first belt; a pressing roller that is provided with the second belt having an inner peripheral surface wound thereon, is provided rotatably in a direction orthogonal to a recording-medium transport direction as an axial direction, presses the second and first belts toward the support member, and forms a first press region; and a forming member that is provided inside the second belt, at an upstream side in the transport direction with respect to the pressing roller, presses the second and first belts toward the support member, and forms a second press region having a larger width than that of the first press region in the transport direction.

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FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP7-3 AKASAKA 9-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Furukata, Hiroko Kanagawa, JP 25 118
Gotoh, Yasutaka Kanagawa, JP 25 258
Iwai, Kiyoshi Kanagawa, JP 29 386
Kobayashi, Jouta Kanagawa, JP 15 17
Morizaki, Sou Kanagawa, JP 26 36
Soshi, Kyogo Kanagawa, JP 7 13

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