Patent ID: 9367010
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fixing device comprising: an endless fixing belt that a stationary member that a reinforcement member that if a length of the nip portion in a direction of conveyance of the recording medium is designated as A and a length between an upstream-side abutment portion at which the stationary member and the reinforcement member are in abutment with each other on the upstream side of the direction of conveyance and a downstream-side abutment portion at which the stationary member and the reinforcement member are in abutment with each other on the downstream-side of the direction of conveyance is designated as B, following relation is established: a range of the nip portion in the direction of conveyance falls within a range between the upstream-side abutment portion and the downstream-side abutment portion, and wherein if a length of an opposed surface of the reinforcement member opposed to the stationary member in the direction of conveyance is designated as C, the following relation is established: the range between the upstream-side abutment portion and the downstream-side abutment portion in the direction of conveyance falls within a range of the opposed surface of the reinforcement member, and the stationary member is provided with