Patent ID: 9207599
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device, comprising: a first rotating member rotating in a first rotational direction when viewed in a plan view in a predetermined direction; a second rotating member contacting the first rotating member and thereby forming a nip through which a printing medium passes, wherein the second rotating member rotates in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction when viewed in a plan view in the predetermined direction; a heating unit heating the first rotating member in a heating section not overlapping with the nip when viewed in a plan view in the predetermined direction; and a first reflective member facing at least a part of a portion of the first rotating member that is located on a downstream side in the first rotational direction relative to the heating section but on an upstream side in the first rotational direction relative to the nip, the first reflective member having a reflection surface on the side facing the first rotating member.