Patent ID: 9304463
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fixing device, comprising: a heating member including a heating rotary body configured to be heated by a heating device; and a pressure roller that is rotatable and pressed against an outer circumferential surface of the heating rotary body, the fixing device being configured to fix an unfixed toner image formed on a recording medium by inserting the recording medium through a fixing nip portion formed by the heating rotary body and the pressure roller, wherein the fixing device further includes the heating device is unrotatable and disposed outside the heating rotary body; the metal wire constituting the metal pattern is disposed to extend in the width direction of the recording medium meandering a plurality of times back and forth along a direction that crosses the width direction of the recording medium; and the metal wire constituting the metal pattern does not meander in a region in the width direction of the recording medium where the temperature detecting portion is disposed.