Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Shozo Shimada

Takashi Fujita

Jiro Ishizuka

Keisuke Inoue

If heat is deprived from the upper surface of a fixing roller, fixability of a fixing roller is lowered and may cause fixing failure. Furthermore, output recording material vary in glossiness, or there appears unevenness on the recording materials. A fixing apparatus, which is capable of suppressing reduction of a temperature of the surface of a fixing rotary body on the recording materials, is provided for reducing fixability of a fixing roller or fixing failure.

Fixing apparatus

The present invention provides a fixing apparatus which has a fixing member for fixing an unfixed image onto a recording material, releasing agent applying device for applying a releasing agent to the fixing member, temperature detecting device for detecting a temperature of the releasing agent, and control device for controlling a fixing condition based on a detected temperature from the temperature detecting device.

Fixing apparatus in which heating conditions can be changed in accordance with temperature of releasing oil

The present invention provides a fixing apparatus which has a fixing member for fixing an unfixed image to a recording material, a releasing agent coating device for coating releasing agent on the fixing member, the releasing agent coating device having a containing portion for containing the releasing agent, and a releasing agent heating device for heating the releasing agent, wherein the releasing agent heating device have a heating body, and a heat conductive member contacted with the heating body or disposed near the heating body, and the heating body is disposed outside of the containing portion, and the heat conductive member is disposed within the containing portion to be contacted with the releasing agent.

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Miyazaki, Japan

Shozo Shimada