Fixing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAKIHIRO MAEDA, RYO YASHIRO, SHIGEAKI TAKADA, YUSUKE YAMAGUCHI, MADOKA WATANABE
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAKIHIRO MAEDA, RYO YASHIRO, SHIGEAKI TAKADA, YUSUKE YAMAGUCHI, MADOKA WATANABE
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A fixing device including: a rotatable endless belt member including a first surface that abuts on the recording material and a second surface opposite the first surface and to which a lubricant is applied; a nip forming member provided inside the belt member; a pressure rotating body configured to form a fixing nip portion that nips and conveys the recording material together with the belt member by pressurizing the nip forming member via the belt member; a rotating member configured to abut on the second surface of the belt member and rotate about a central portion in a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the recording material; and a lubricant recovery member that is provided at a position straddling at least both ends in the width direction of the belt member in the width direction, disposed to face the second surface of the belt member, and configured to abut on or separate from the second surface of the belt member according to a rotation angle when rotating about the central portion of the rotating member.
A fixing device that fixes a toner image on a recording material, the fixing device comprising:
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