Fujifilm business innovation corp. (20250102972). FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
fujifilm business innovation corp.
Inventor(s)
Takashi Matsubara of Kanagawa JP
Takuma Ishihara of Kanagawa JP
FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250102972 titled 'FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
a fixing device includes: a fixing belt; plural holding members that hold the fixing belt so that the fixing belt is rotatable; a pressing roller that presses the fixing belt against one of the plural holding members from an outer peripheral surface of the fixing belt so as to form a fixing processing portion; an applicator that applies oil to an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt; and a first guide member that is provided for at least one holding member of the plural holding members and includes a guiding surface with which a side of the fixing belt is brought into contact, the guiding surface being formed as a slope tilting toward an outer side of a longitudinal direction of the at least one holding member.