FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230297011A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-21

    申请号:US18180509

    申请日:2023-03-08

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    CPC分类号: G03G15/2025

    摘要: A fixing device includes a rotator, a heater, a rotator support, a nip formation pad, lubricant, and a pressure rotator. The heater heats an inner circumferential surface of the rotator. The rotator support supports an end of the inner circumferential surface of the rotator in an axial direction of the rotator. The rotator slides on the rotator support. The nip formation pad is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the rotator. One end of the nip formation pad in a longitudinal direction of the nip formation pad is separated from the rotator support with a clearance of 2 mm or more. The lubricant is between the rotator and the nip formation pad. The pressure rotator presses the nip formation pad via the rotator to form a nip between the rotator and the pressure rotator.