| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing device that can uniformize the heating temperature in a fixing belt and effectively uses heat energy, and to provide an image forming apparatus that includes the fixing device. SOLUTION: The fixing device includes: a fixing belt 21; a thermal conductive member 22 disposed inside the fixing belt 21; a heater 25 disposed in the thermal conducting member 22 and used to heat the thermal conductive member 22; a nip forming member 23 disposed opposite a pressure roller 31 via the fixing belt 21 and forming a fixing nip N between the fixing belt 21 and the pressure roller 31; a reinforcing member 24 disposed in the thermal conducting member 22 and supporting the nip forming member 23; and a heat uniformizing member 26 disposed in contact with the internal surface of the thermal conducting member 22, in an area different from the area where the heater 25 is disposed, in the area where the inside of the thermal conducting member 22 is separated by the reinforming member 24. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |
