Patent ID: 9411273
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing belt configured to be rotatable around a rotation axis; a pressuring member configured to be rotatable and to come into pressure contact with the fixing belt so as to form a fixing nip; a heat source arranged at an inside in a radial direction of the fixing belt and configured to radiate a radiant heat; a reflecting member configured to reflect the radiant heat radiated from the heat source to an inner circumference face of the fixing belt; a supporting member configured to support the reflecting member from a side of the fixing nip; and a retaining member including: wherein the reflecting member is arranged between the heat source and the supporting member and configured to be curved or bent so as to project to a side of the heat source, wherein the reflecting member includes: a first reflecting part configured to incline to a side of the supporting member toward an upstream side in a conveying direction of a recording medium; a second reflecting part arranged at a downstream side of the first reflecting part in the conveying direction of the recording medium and configured to incline to the side of the supporting member toward a downstream side in the conveying direction of the recording medium; and a third reflecting part arranged along the conveying direction of the recording medium and configured to connect the first reflecting part with the second reflecting part, and the contact part is configured to come into contact with the third reflecting part.