Fixing device and image forming apparatus

• Main Authors: IKEBUCHI YUTAKA, SHIMOKAWA TOSHIHIKO, SEKI TAKAYUKI, ARAI YUJI, SAITO KAZUYA, IWAYA NAOKI, TAMAKI SHUNTAROH, YAMAGUCHI YOSHIKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.01.2016
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS

A fixing device includes a rotatable fixing member; a heating source configured to heat the fixing member; an opposing member configured to come into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the fixing member to form a nip portion; and a shielding member configured to block heat from the hea...