Fixing device and image forming apparatus comprising a multilayered twill fabric slide sheet

摘要

A fixing device includes an endless belt rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and a nip formation pad disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of the endless belt. A slide sheet is sandwiched between the nip formation pad and the endless belt and is a twill fabric containing a lubricant. The slide sheet includes a first sheet contacting the nip formation pad and including a first gutter defined by a first twill line in a first direction angled relative to the direction of rotation of the endless belt and a second sheet layered on the first sheet and contacting the endless belt. The second sheet includes a second gutter defined by a second twill line in a second direction angled relative to the direction of rotation of the endless belt.

主权项

1. A fixing device comprising:
an endless belt rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation; a nip formation pad disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of the endless belt; a pressure rotator to press against the nip formation pad via the endless belt to form a fixing nip between the endless belt and the pressure rotator, the fixing nip through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed; and a slide sheet sandwiched between the nip formation pad and the endless belt and being a twill fabric containing a lubricant, the slide sheet including:
a first sheet contacting the nip formation pad and including a first gutter defined by a first twill line in a first direction angled relative to the direction of rotation of the endless belt; anda second sheet layered on the first sheet and contacting the endless belt, the second sheet including a second gutter defined by a second twill line in a second direction angled relative to the direction of rotation of the endless belt.