Patent ID: 8463169
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device, comprising: a fixing roller; a pressure roller; and a heat source that heats the fixing roller, each of the fixing roller and the pressure roller including a core bar, an elastic layer and a release layer, the elastic layer being sandwiched between the core bar and the release layer, the release layer serving as a surface of a respective fixing roller and pressure roller, the pressure roller being pressed against and made in contact with the fixing roller to form an abutted part where the pressure roller is in contact with the fixing roller, the fixing roller and the pressure roller sandwiching and carrying a sheet at the abutted part to melt by heat, and fix to the sheet, unfixed toner provided on a surface of the sheet which surface is to be in contact with the fixing roller, the pressure roller having a lower Asker-C hardness than that of the fixing roller and having a greater micro rubber hardness than that of the fixing roller.