Fixing device and image forming device including the same
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTOMOHIRO MAEDA
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Abstract
A fixing device includes an endless fixing belt capable of rotational movement, a pressure roller that presses from the outside of the fixing belt, a nip forming member that is arranged on an inner circumference surface side of the fixing belt and forms a fixing nip region between the fixing belt and the pressure roller, a support member that supports the nip forming member from an opposite side to the fixing nip region, and a slide sheet provided between the fixing belt and the nip forming member. The support member includes two support portions. The slide sheet is fixed between the two support portions.
Claims14
A fixing device comprising:
- an endless fixing belt capable of rotational movement;
- a pressure roller that presses from an outside of the fixing belt;
- a nip forming member that is arranged on an inner circumference surface side of the fixing belt and forms a fixing nip region between the fixing belt and the pressure roller;
- a support member that supports the nip forming member from an opposite side to the fixing nip region;
- and
- a slide sheet provided between the fixing belt and the nip forming member,
- wherein the support member comprises two support portions, and the slide sheet is fixed between the two support portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.