Patent ID: 9128434
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing belt arranged rotatably; a pressure rotating body arranged outside the fixing belt to come into pressure contact with the fixing belt so as to form a fixing nip, and arranged rotatably; a nip member arranged inside the fixing belt to press the fixing belt toward a side of the pressure rotating body; a supporting member supporting the nip member; a heating source arranged inside the fixing belt to emit radiant heat; a heat conducting member supported by the supporting member in a cantilevered state to come into contact with an inner circumference face of the fixing belt and to absorb the radiant heat emitted from the heating source; and a reflecting member configured to reflect the radiant heat emitted from the heating source toward the heat conducting member and to at least partially come into contact with the heat conducting member.