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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Sou Morizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasutaka Gotoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Jouta Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuaki Iikura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Nagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2039 (2013.01); G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 15/206 (2013.01); G03G 15/2032 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2038 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing device includes a heating unit that rotates and that fixes a toner image on a recording medium, a pressing unit that rotates and that presses the heating unit, and a potential-difference application unit that applies a potential difference between the pressing unit and the heating unit so that a potential of the heating unit is higher than a potential of the pressing unit.