Patent ID: 8190074

Claim:
A fixing device to fix an image to a print medium, comprising: a pressing roller; a heat transferring unit that is rotatably supported to face the pressing roller at a fixing nip position, to transfer heat to a print medium disposed at the fixing nip position to fix an image thereto; a heating member disposed inside the heat transferring unit, comprising: a heat conducting part having a surface that faces a preheating position and a heat source; and a pressing part connected to the heat conducting part, to support the heat transferring unit at the fixing nip position, and to conduct heat from heat conducting part to the heat transferring unit at fixing nip position, wherein the heat source is disposed between the heat transferring unit and the heating member, to heat the preheating position of the heat transferring unit, which is adjacent to the fixing nip position, and to heat the heating member, and wherein the heat conducting part is disposed between the heat source and the pressing part.