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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2021
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shuji Yokoyama, Nagaizumi Sunto Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2025 (2013.01); G03G 15/2053 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a fixing device fixes a toner image formed on a medium to the medium. The fixing device includes a heating rotator which is rotatably supported, an auxiliary heating member which is disposed along an inner circumferential surface of the heating rotator, and swings as the heating rotator rotates, a lubricant supply member which is disposed at a position on which the swing auxiliary heating member abuts, and is impregnated with a lubricant, and a pressing rotator which abuts on the heating rotator, and forms a nip portion through which the medium passes.