Patent ID: 9052650
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device which fixes a toner image on a recording medium by heating the recording medium, with a heating area and a non-heating area selected in accordance with a magnetic flux and a repulsive magnetic flux, the heating area having a boundary with the non-heating area, the fixing device comprising: a heat generating layer configured to generate heat; an exciting coil configured to generate the magnetic flux and thereby inductively heat the heat generating layer; and a demagnetizing member facing the heat generating layer in the non-heating area and configured to: wherein a first portion of the demagnetizing member is located closer to the exciting coil along a direction the demagnetizing member faces the exciting coil in the portion of the non-heating area adjacent to the boundary than a second portion of the demagnetizing member in the remaining portion of the non-heating area.