Patent ID: 9229392
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing belt arranged rotatably; a pressuring member arranged outside the fixing belt to come into pressure contact with the fixing belt so as to form a fixing nip; a nip forming member arranged inside the fixing belt to press the fixing belt to a side of the pressuring member; a supporting member supporting the nip forming member; a heating source arranged inside the fixing belt to emit radiant heat; a heat conducting member coming into contact with an inner circumference face of the fixing belt and absorbing the radiant heat emitted from the heating source; and a reflecting member including the heat conducting member is arranged so that one end part at an upstream side from the fixing nip in a rotating direction of the fixing belt is closer to the fixing nip than another end part at a downstream side from the fixing nip in the rotating direction, the reflecting part is inclined so as to be gradually close to the fixing nip from the downstream side from the fixing nip to the upstream side from the fixing nip in the rotating direction.