Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Fixing device and image forming device
A fixing device includes a heating rotating body that is heated by a heater and rotates, a pressurizing rotating body that is in contact with a surface portion of the heating rotating body and rotates, and that forms a fixing portion, a pressing mechanism that presses the pressurizing rotating body against the heating rotating body and that uses a plurality of springs disposed on both end portions of the pressurizing rotating body in a direction of the second rotation shaft, and a switching mechanism that switches between a first pressing state in which first combination of springs selected from among the plurality of springs are maintained and a second pressing state in which second combination of springs selected from among the plurality of springs except the first combination of the springs are maintained.
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
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G03G
inventional
Hiroko Kiichirou Yasutaka Shigeru
Furukata Arikawa Gotoh Watanabe