摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress an unnecessary rise in temperature of an excessive temperature rise prevention unit. <P>SOLUTION: A fixing device includes: an endless belt that supplies heat to a medium; a heat dissipation member over which the endless belt is laid; a planar heating element that heats the heat dissipation member; an excessive temperature rise prevention unit that is arranged opposite to the planar heating element; and an auxiliary pressure member that is arranged between the planar heating element and the excessive temperature rise prevention unit. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |