Patent ID: 9310730
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing belt arranged rotatably; a pressuring member arranged rotatably to come into pressure contact with the fixing belt so as to form a fixing nip; a heat source arranged at the inside in a radial direction of the fixing belt to radiate a radiant heat; and a nip member arranged so as to sandwich the fixing belt between the nip member and the pressuring member, wherein the heat source, the fixing belt and the nip member are arranged so that the radiant heat radiated from the heat source reaches directly an inner circumference face of the fixing belt and the nip member, and the fixing device further comprising: a supporting member supporting the nip member, wherein the nip member includes: a radiated part which the radiant heat radiated from the heat source reaches directly; and a nip part connected to the radiated part, formed in a body with the radiated part and arranged so as to sandwich the fixing belt between the nip part and the pressuring member, the radiated part is arranged so as to partition the heat source from the supporting member.