Patent ID: 8195058

Claim:
A fixing device comprising: a fixing member to heat and melt a toner image on a recording medium, the fixing member forming a loop; an infrared heater opposing the fixing member to emit light to heat the fixing member; a first reflection plate to cover a part of an outer circumferential surface of the infrared heater in a circumferential direction of the infrared heater along an axial direction of the infrared heater substantially perpendicular to the circumferential direction of the infrared heater, the first reflection plate reflecting the light emitted by the infrared heater toward the fixing member, and comprising at least one light control mirror provided in at least one end of the first reflection plate in an axial direction of the first reflection plate; and at least one second reflection plate opposing the infrared heater via the at least one light control mirror to reflect the light emitted by the infrared heater and passing through the at least one light control mirror toward a center portion of the fixing member in an axial direction of the fixing member.