Patent ID: 9188919
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device comprising: a nip member having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; an endless belt having an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface, the inner peripheral surface being configured to be in sliding contact with the first surface in a sliding direction; a supporting member having an upstream supporting surface configured to support the nip member, and a downstream supporting surface configured to support the nip member, the downstream supporting surface being disposed downstream of the upstream supporting surface in the sliding direction; and a rotating body configured to rotate and nip the endless belt in cooperation with the nip member, and configured to constitute a nip region between the endless belt and the rotating body, the rotating body having an axis defining an axial direction, the nip region defining a first imaginary plane, a second imaginary plane, and a third imaginary plane, the first imaginary plane being perpendicular to the sliding direction and containing a center of the nip region in the sliding direction, the second imaginary plane being perpendicular to the axial direction and containing a first end portion of the nip region in the axial direction, the third imaginary plane being perpendicular to the axial direction and containing a second end portion of the nip region opposite to the first end portion in the axial direction,