Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Emi Shimizu

Tomoaki Hattori

Takayuki Higuchi

Kentaro Murayama

Shinya Yamamoto

Kengo Takeda

Yutaka Kakigahara

Jun Mihara

Satoshi Murata

Tatsuya Ezaka

Kumiko Sakaguchi

Jun Ikami

Kumiko Suzuki

A fixing device is for fixing a developing agent image to a recording sheet by electrostatically spraying a charged fixing solution toward the developing agent image on the sheet. The fixing device includes a container portion, a plurality of nozzles, and a potential difference generating portion. The container portion is configured to store therein the fixing solution. The plurality of nozzles is in communication with the container portion and configured to spray the fixing solution toward the developing agent image. The potential difference generating portion is configured to generate a potential difference between the fixing solution stored in the plurality of nozzles and the recording sheet conveyed at a position separated from the plurality of nozzles.

Fixing device fixing developing agent image to sheet by electrostatically spraying charged fixing solution

An image forming apparatus has a photosensitive member configured to transport a developer containing a compound that causes cis-trans isomerization reaction by light absorption to induce phase transition; a first exposure device configured to emit ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 300 nm-400 nm to a developer image; and a pressing member configured to press a recording sheet holding a developer image exposed by the first exposure device thereon. It is possible to achieve conservation of energy during image formation.

Image forming apparatus

Growing community of inventors

Nagoya, Japan

Emi Shimizu