Fixing device including insulating member with slit formed with projection projecting from one end surface toward the other of slit, and image forming apparatus with fixing device
Abstract:
A fixing device includes a fixing roller, a pressure roller, a first bearing, a second bearing, and an annular insulating member. The insulating member is interposed at least one of between the first bearing and a shaft of the fixing roller and between the second bearing and a shaft of the pressure roller. The insulating member has a slit formed in at least one circumferential location thereon and creating a circumferential discontinuity in the insulating member, and includes a projection projecting from one of circumferentially opposed end surfaces of the slit toward the other of the circumferentially opposed end surfaces.
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