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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTatsuo Yasui, Junichi Moteki, Akiyoshi Shinagawa, Takuma Tadomi, Ikuo Nakamoto, Toru Katsumi, Takahiro Ohnishi
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A fixing unit includes an endless belt, a heating unit configured to heat the belt, a pressure rotary member configured to form a fixing nip portion that nips and conveys a recording material with the belt, a pad configured to press the belt toward the pressure rotary member, a sliding sheet provided on the pad and configured to slide against the belt, a plate-like member configured to fix the sliding sheet to the pad, the sliding sheet being fixed in a manner sandwiched between the plate-like member and the pad, and fixing tools configured to fix the plate-like member at a plurality of positions along a longitudinal direction of the plate-like member. A width of the sliding sheet is wider than a width of the fixing nip portion and narrower than a width of the plate-like member in the longitudinal direction.
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A fixing unit configured to fix an unfixed toner image formed on a recording material to the recording material, the fixing unit comprising:
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