Patent ID: 9201356
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device for fixing processing to fix a developer to a medium where the developer is transferred onto the medium, the fixing device comprising: a fixing processing unit for the fixing processing of the medium fed from an upstream side in a medium conveyance direction; a medium guide unit for guiding the medium fed from the upstream side in a medium conveyance direction, to the fixing processing unit, the medium guide unit having a first surface that contacts the medium and a second, opposing surface; first and second rotating bodies located downstream of the medium guide unit and configured to nip the medium; and a conductive member having a relatively high conductivity, being connected to a ground level, and in contact with the second surface of the medium guide unit along a predetermined length extending in the medium conveyance direction from a first contact end to a second contact end downstream of the first contact end, wherein the medium guide unit has a first thickness measured between the first and second surfaces at the first contact end that is greater than a second thickness measured between the first and second surfaces at the second contact end, the first thickness being greater than 0.5 mm, wherein an end of the conductive member is positioned so as to be recessed by a predetermined distance from an end of the medium guide unit over which the medium passes, and wherein the second thickness is 0.5 mm.