Patent ID: 9223268
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing rotator rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation; a pressure rotator pressed against the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed; a first support to rotatably support the fixing rotator at a first lateral end of the fixing rotator in an axial direction thereof, the first support being nonrotatable and extending at least partially inside the fixing rotator; a second support to rotatably support the fixing rotator at a second lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof, the second support being nonrotatable and extending at least partially inside the fixing rotator; a first stopper fixedly mounted on the first support; a second stopper fixedly mounted on the second support; a first skew restraint projecting from an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator radially at the first lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof; and a second skew restraint projecting from the outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator radially at the second lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof, the second skew restraint to come into contact with the second stopper as the fixing rotator moves in the axial direction thereof toward the first support.