Sughrue Mion, PLLC
Fixing device, image forming apparatus, pressing device, and urging device
A fixing device includes a first rotary member; a second rotary member that is in contact with the first rotary member and presses a recording medium passing therethrough; a heating member that heats a contact area; a first support member supporting the first rotary member from inside so as to be in contact with the second rotary member; a second support member supporting the first support member and switchable between states in which it is in contact with and separated from the first support member; a first urging-force applying member attached to the second support member and urging the second and first support members against the second rotary member; a second urging-force applying member disposed between the first and second support members; and a switching member via which the first and second support members are switched between states in which they are in contact with and separated from each other.
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
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Shigeru Masahiro Takayuki Yasuhiro Jun Hideki
Watanabe Akatsuka Ukawa Kato Sawamura Sato