US 11,740,575 B2
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
Tetsuro Kodera, Ebina (JP); Kosuke Yamada, Ebina (JP); Masato Yamashita, Ebina (JP); Yoshiki Shimodaira, Ebina (JP); Takayuki Yamashita, Ebina (JP); and Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Ebina (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/529,771.
Application 17/529,771 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/022195, filed on Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-128458 (JP), filed on Jul. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0075300 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/2028 (2013.01) [G03G 21/206 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
2. A fixing device comprising:
a heater configured to heat a recording medium being transported on a transport path in a non-contact manner;
a plurality of planar bodies along the transport path at a position facing the heater and that is configured to move with respect to the recording medium; and
a tensioner configured to tension the plurality of planar bodies in a direction along the transport path, wherein
the plurality of planar bodies extend in a direction intersecting a transport direction of the recording medium,
the plurality of planar bodies are arranged side by side in the transport direction, and
the tensioner tensions the plurality of planar bodies in a longitudinal direction of the planar bodies.