Patent ID: 9304456
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing belt arranged rotatably; a pressuring member arranged outside the fixing belt and coming into pressure contact with the fixing belt to form a fixing nip; 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; a reflecting member including a supporting member supporting the nip forming part; and a heat insulating member interposed between the nip forming part and the supporting member, wherein the supporting member and the heat insulating member are stored in a space partially covered by the reflecting part, the nip forming part and the connecting part, the space being opened to a downstream side from the fixing nip in a rotating direction of the fixing belt, wherein the heat conducting member is arranged so that one end part at an upstream side from the fixing nip in the rotating direction of the fixing belt is closer to the fixing nip than another end part at the 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.