Patent ID: 9423737
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fixing apparatus that fixes a toner image on a recording material while conveying the recording material bearing the toner image at a nip portion, the fixing apparatus comprising: a cylindrical belt including a heat generating layer that generates heat by being energized; and a contact for supplying power to the heat generating layer, the contact being in contact with one of an outer surface and an inner surface of an end of the belt in a generatrix direction of the belt, wherein a conductive layer is provided, along a rotating direction of the belt, on a surface of the heat generating layer opposite to a surface of the heat generating layer at which the contact is present in a thickness direction of the belt, and wherein a whole of a contact portion where the contact contacts the belt overlaps with the conductive layer in both the generatrix direction of the belt and a rotating direction of the belt.