Fixing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorTaku KIMURA
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Abstract
An aspect of the invention provides a fixing device that comprises: an endless fixing belt; a first rotating body arranged at an inner side of the fixing belt; and a heater arranged to face an inner surface of the fixing belt and configured to heat the fixing belt and to suspend the fixing belt in a tensioned state together with the first rotating body, the heater comprising: a heat generating unit arranged at an end portion of the heater on a downstream side in a direction of travel of the fixing belt and configured to heat the fixing belt; and a support including metal and configured to support the heat generating unit.
Claims12
A fixing device comprising:
- an endless fixing belt;
- a first rotating body arranged at an inner side of the fixing belt;
- and
- a heater arranged to face an inner surface of the fixing belt and configured to heat the fixing belt and to suspend the fixing belt in a tensioned state together with the first rotating body, the heater comprising:
- a heat generating unit arranged at an end portion of the heater on a downstream side in a direction of travel of the fixing belt and configured to heat the fixing belt;
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- a support including metal and configured to support the heat generating unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.