Patent ID: 9152106
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device, comprising: a rotary fixing member having an endless shape; a heater to heat the rotary fixing member; a pressing member disposed at an outer circumferential side of the rotary fixing member to press against the rotary fixing member; a nip formation member disposed at an inner circumferential side of the rotary fixing member and configured to be pressed by the pressing member via the rotary fixing member to form a nipping portion; a reinforcement member stationarily disposed in an internal diameter area of the rotary fixing member to directly support the nip formation member from a first side of the nip formation member opposite a second side of the nip formation member at which the nip formation member faces the nipping portion; a sliding sheet disposed between the nip formation member and an inner circumferential face of the rotary fixing member; and a holding member disposed at a member differing from the nip formation member to hold the sliding sheet in a state in which the sliding sheet is in close contact with a nipping face of the nip formation member facing the nipping portion, wherein at least a part of the sliding sheet is disposed directly between the holding member and the reinforcement member, and a part of the reinforcement member that is disposed between the heater and the nipping portion is at least partially surrounded by the sliding sheet.