Patent ID: 8824943
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fuser comprising: a fixing belt including a conductive layer; an induction-current generating section configured to electromagnetically induction-heat the conductive layer; a pressurizing section opposed to an outer circumference of the fixing belt; and a nip forming section configured to form a nip between the fixing belt and the pressurizing section and including: a first supporting roller present in an inner circumference of the fixing belt and having a width narrower than a width of the pressurizing section, a second supporting roller present downstream of the first supporting roller in a rotating direction of the fixing belt and having a width narrower than the width of the pressurizing section, and a guide present between the first supporting roller and the second supporting roller, the guide having a width narrower than the width of the first supporting roller and the width of the second supporting roller, and the guide extending in the width direction of, and opposed to an outer circumference of, the pressurizing section.