Patent ID: 7428401

Claim:
A belt-type fixing device, comprising: a nip forming member fixed so as to be incapable of rotating; a heating roller including a heat source which is provided away from the nip forming member; a fixing belt wound around the nip forming member and around the heating roller; and a rotatable pressurizing roller which is in pressure contact with the nip forming member with the fixing belt interposed between and in which a part in contact with the fixing belt forms a fixing nip, wherein the fixing nip is in a position higher than the heating roller and wherein the fixing nip is configured so that a paper that undergoes fixation is passed from a lower side to an upper side in the fixing nip, and wherein the rotatable pressurizing roller is provided in a position generally horizontal with respect to the nip forming member and wherein the rotatable pressurized roller is configured so that the paper that undergoes fixation is conveyed in a generally vertical direction from the lower side to the upper side.