| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing device which is replaceable leaving a heating coil in a main body side and whose cost is reduced, and an image forming apparatus comprising the fixing device. <P>SOLUTION: A fixing device includes: a fixing flame; an endless heating belt which moves in circulation and is inductively heated; a pressure roll which sandwiches a recording medium with the heating belt to apply pressure on the recording medium; a receiving member which sandwiches the heating belt with the pressure roller and is provided inside the heating belt to receive the pressure from the pressure roll; a fixing unit which is attached to a main body frame and detachable therefrom; a heating coil which inductively heats the heating belt in a state where the fixing unit is attached to the main body frame; and a main body side unit which is supported by the main body frame and maintains the supported state by the main body frame even when the fixing unit is removed from the main body frame. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
