US 11,940,745 B2
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
Takayuki Yamashita, Ebina (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/961,175.
Application 17/961,175 is a continuation of application No. 17/358,079, filed on Jun. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,493,864.
Application 17/358,079 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/032291, filed on Aug. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-044949 (JP), filed on Mar. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0035857 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/2017 (2013.01) [G03G 15/20 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G03G 15/6511 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fixing device comprising:
a heating section that heats in a non-contact manner a front surface of a recording medium;
a pressurizing section that pressurizes the recording medium that is heated by the heating section;
a feeding section that feeds the recording medium to the pressurizing section while causing the front surface to be opposed to the heating section; and
a holding section that is disposed in the feeding section, and that holds at least a front-end side of the recording medium, wherein
the holding section holds the recording medium so that the recording medium is fed by the feeding section while a rear surface of the recording medium is in a non-contact state, the rear surface of the recording medium being opposite to the front surface of the recording medium and being in an image region where an unfixed-image is formed on the front surface, and
the pressurizing section comprises
a heating member that is placed downstream of the heating section in a feeding direction, and that heats the recording medium; and
a pressurizing member that pressurizes the recording medium between the heating member and the pressurizing member, a recess into which the holding section enters being formed in an outer circumferential surface.