| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing apparatus which properly fixes toner to various recording sheets, while improving thermal efficiency and reducing power consumption.SOLUTION: A fixing apparatus includes: a rotatable fixing roller; a heating unit arranged near an outer periphery of the fixing roller; a fixing belt rotatably suspended on the fixing roller and the heating unit; and a pressure roller which is rotatably arranged in a position opposite to the fixing roller to form a nip part with the fixing roller via the fixing belt. The heating unit includes a film-like heating element, and a heat transfer plate which holds the heating element in a circular-arc manner. Heat of the heating element is transferred to the fixing belt which rotates while sliding on the heat transfer plate, via the heat transfer plate. By conveying a recording sheet having an unfixed toner image to the nip part, the unfixed toner image is fixed to the recording sheet. |
