Patent ID: 9411276
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fixing device comprising: an endless rotating body; a plurality of heat-generating members for heating a medium, each heat-generating member being parallel, formed in a perpendicular direction to a transporting direction of the medium, inclined from the transporting direction to a direction of a predetermined angle, and divided by a predetermined length, and being disposed so as to come into contact with an inner side of the endless rotating body; a switching unit comprising a plurality of switching elements, each switching element being connected to each heat-generating member, for switching individual conduction of these switching elements connected to heat-generating members corresponding to a position through which the medium passes; and pressing means for forming a nip by performing pressing and contact at a position of the plurality of heat-generating members, and for nipping and carrying the medium in the transporting direction.