18438030. FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.)
FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Inventor(s)
Toshiyuki Miyata of Kanagawa JP
FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18438030 titled 'FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
A fixing device includes: a fixing unit that fixes an image on a surface of a medium by pressing the image while heating the image, the fixing unit including a base layer and a surface layer that is composed of a tube having a crease and covering the base layer and of which a coefficient of thermal expansion is different from a coefficient of thermal expansion of the base layer; and a controlling unit that controls the fixing unit, the controlling unit executing a crease removal operation of smoothing out the crease before a start of a fixing operation in a case where the fixing operation is started and a predetermined condition under which the crease deteriorates is satisfied.