Patent ID: 9104156
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device to fix an unfixed image onto a recording medium, comprising: an endless, rotary fixing member; a heat source to heat the fixing member; an opposed member disposed opposite the fixing member and configured to form a fixing nip in combination with the fixing member, wherein the opposed member rotates and the fixing member driven by the opposed member rotates so that the recording medium carrying the unfixed image is conveyed to the fixing nip and the unfixed image thereon is fixed onto the recording medium; a biasing member disposed opposite the opposed member with the fixing member interposed therebetween, to press the fixing member from a back side of the fixing member against the opposed member at the fixing nip, wherein the fixing member slides along a contact surface with the biasing member; grip portions of the fixing member and the opposed member at which the fixing member and the opposed member contact each other in areas through which the recording medium does not pass, located among the fixing nip along a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the recording medium; and cleaning members to clean the grip portions of the fixing member and the opposed member.