| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention is intended to save warm-up time of a toner image fixing device for fixing a toner image by heating and reduce manufacturing cost of the device. Elastically-deformable heat-resistant belt (31) is made in form of a cylinder of nickel which accommodates therein a heater lamp (32) and a reflecting plate (33) for concentrically transferring radiant heat from the heater lamp (32) onto a contacting portion of the cylinder-like belt with a recording paper (28) carrying a toner image (38). When the recording paper (28) is transported along a guiding plate (50), the driving roller (54) rotates the heat-resistant belt (31) in contact with the recording paper (28). At this time, the rotating belt (31) and the guide plate (50) are pressed against each other, thereby the belt (31) is elastically deformed in radial direction. The recording paper (28) is transported being pressed by the belt (31) and, thereby, the toner image (38) is fixed onto the recording paper (28) by heat. <MATH></p> |
