| abstract |
A low-cost fixing device capable of easily aligning components with each other without increasing the precision of various components, having a simple structure, having excellent fixing properties, having a degree of freedom in design, and a low-cost fixing device. To provide an electrophotographic apparatus used. At least a heating roll, an endless pressure belt which abuts and is driven by the surface thereof, and a pressure belt which is urged from the periphery thereof to the surface of the heating roll to form a heating roll. A pressing member 10 that forms a nip portion through which the recording sheet 15 can be inserted between the pressure belt 20 and the pressure belt 6, wherein the pressing member 10 extends in the width direction of the pressure belt 6; The elastic member 8 is disposed in a state of protruding from the pressure belt 7 toward the pressure belt 6 and urges the pressure belt 6 with a surface. The elastic member 8 is disposed on the urging surface of the elastic member 8, and the surface contacts the pressure belt 6. A fixing device comprising a hard and flexible low friction sheet 9 and an electrophotographic apparatus using the fixing device. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1 |