Patent ID: 6459877
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A fixing device comprising;a first roller; a second roller; an endless belt suspended between said first and second rollers; a third roller forming a nip in cooperation with said endless belt and said second roller; and an oil application mechanism, which applies oil to at least one of said endless belt and said third roller, wherein a rotational axis of said first roller is located in a downstream side of a traveling direction of a sheet with respect to an imaginary line connecting a rotational axis of said second roller to a rotational axis of said third roller, and said third roller is an elastic roller having a hardness of JIS-A30Â° or smaller, and wherein a width of said oil application mechanism is shorter than a width of said endless belt, and said oil application mechanism is located closer to a position at which said endless belt commences separation from said second roller than to a position at which said endless belt commences contact with said first roller.