IMAGE FIXING DEVICE AND RECORDING DEVICE Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC B41J2/01 

FIELD: physics, computer engineering.

SUBSTANCE: image fixing device includes a supporting surface along which a recording medium moves from the front side to the back side, and can support the recording medium; an image fixing section which is located opposite the supporting surface and performs an image fixing process when the recording medium is supported by the supporting surface after recording the image on the medium intended for recording in a front position of the supporting surface. When the direction in which the supporting surface and the image fixing section are located opposite each other changes, the supporting surface is located relatively further from the image fixing section than the area which is located in front of the supporting surface on a path along which the recording medium moves. The supporting surface includes a tilted surface, which reduces distance, which is tilted so as to approach the image fixing section such that the distance measured from the image fixing section in the direction in which the supporting surface and the image fixing section are located opposite each other gradually decreases towards the back side of the path along which the recording medium intended for recording moves.

EFFECT: improved structure.

8 cl, 11 dwg