Patent ID: 9046843
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing rotary body; a pressing rotary body disposed opposite the fixing rotary body; a pivotable pressurization member to contact and press the pressing rotary body against the fixing rotary body; a pressurization pivot provided on the pressurization member; a depressurization member, pivotable about the pressurization pivot, to cause the pressurization member to isolate the pressing rotary body from the fixing rotary body; a depressurization pivot provided on the depressurization member; a lock pivotally fixed to the depressurization pivot at a first end of the lock and engageable with the pressurization pivot at the first end of the lock; a biasing member, anchored to the lock at a second end of the lock, to exert a resilient bias that allows the lock to cause the pressurization member to press the pressing rotary body against the fixing rotary body; and a detent at the second end of the lock and situated in a pivotal trajectory of the second end of the lock to restrict pivot of the lock by contacting the lock.