Patent ID: 9709929
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A fixing device comprising: a rotatable heating rotator; a pressing rotator configured to press-contact the heating rotator and to form a nip portion between the pressing rotator and the heating rotator; a pressing portion configured to apply pressure to the heating rotator such that the heating rotator press-contacts the pressing rotator; a first halogen lamp configured to extend along a rotation axis direction of the heating rotator and to heat the heating rotator; a second halogen lamp configured to extend along the rotation axis direction of the heating rotator in parallel with the first halogen lamp and to heat the heating rotator; a first reflection member configured to extend along a first axis substantially parallel to the first halogen lamp and including a first reflection unit configured to reflect light irradiated from the first halogen lamp to the heating rotator, the first reflection unit including a center portion having a higher reflectivity than opposite end portions of the first reflection unit; and a second reflection member configured to extend along a second axis substantially parallel to the second halogen lamp and including a second reflection unit configured to reflect light irradiated from the second halogen lamp to the heating rotator, the second reflection unit including opposite end portions having a higher reflectivity than a center portion of the second reflection unit.