Patent ID: 9625864
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A fixing device, comprising: an endless belt having a tubular shape and extending in a first direction; a heating plate disposed inside the endless belt and extending in the first direction; a pressure roller contacting an outer peripheral surface of the endless belt such that the endless belt is disposed between the pressure roller and the heating plate; a first belt guide configured to guide an end of the endless belt in the first direction, the first belt guide including an inner guide disposed along a portion of an inner peripheral surface of the endless belt, and a restriction portion connected to the inner guide and disposed outside the endless belt in the first direction, the restriction portion configured to restrict movement of the endless belt in the first direction; and a second belt guide facing the first belt guide in a second direction in which the endless belt and the pressure roller face each other, the second belt guide being located at each end portion of the heating plate along the first direction and extending along the inner peripheral surface of the endless belt from a first position in which the heating plate is closer to the inner guide than a first end of the second belt guide is to the inner guide in the second direction to a second position in which a second end of the second belt guide is closer to the inner guide in the second direction than to the heating plate, and wherein an end of the restriction portion in the second direction closest to the heating plate is located closer to the second belt guide than the inner guide.