Patent ID: 11940745
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
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.