Fixing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorTatsuya MURAKAMI
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Abstract
A fixing device includes an endless fixing belt, a first roller provided on an inner circumference side of the fixing belt, a second roller provided on the inner circumference side of the fixing belt and located upstream of the first roller in a conveying direction of a recording medium, a heat source provided on the inner circumference side of the fixing belt, a first reflecting portion provided between the heat source and the first roller, and a second reflecting portion provided between the heat source and the second roller. The second reflecting portion is provided apart from the first reflecting portion.
Claims19
A fixing device comprising:
- an endless fixing belt;
- a first roller provided on an inner circumference side of the fixing belt;
- a second roller provided on the inner circumference side of the fixing belt and located upstream of the first roller in a conveying direction of a recording medium;
- a heat source provided on the inner circumference side of the fixing belt;
- a first reflecting portion provided between the heat source and the first roller;
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- a second reflecting portion provided between the heat source and the second roller, the second reflecting portion being provided apart from the first reflecting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.