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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
May. 09, 2003
Yoshinobu Tateishi, Nara, JP;
Masaru Tsuji, Nara, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsuyama, Ikoma, JP;
Toshiya Mikita, Yao, JP;
Yoshinobu Tateishi, Nara, JP;
Masaru Tsuji, Nara, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsuyama, Ikoma, JP;
Toshiya Mikita, Yao, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fixing apparatus of the present invention is provided with (i) a roller, to which releaser gets applied (ii) a releaser applying member for applying the releaser on the roller by touching the roller while the roller is rotating, and (iii) a releaser dripping section for dripping the releaser to be applied on the roller by the releaser applying section, the fixing apparatus further including a guiding member for receiving the releaser dripped from the releaser dripping section, and for guiding, along a surface thereof, a certain amount of a total amount of the thus received releaser to a touch position at which the releaser applying member touches the roller. With this arrangement, it is possible to provide a fixing apparatus in which reduction in the amount of the releaser to be applied on the roller is avoided so as to surely prevent the toner offset and the jamming in the convey path, even if toner and/or debris is adhered, as a result of long use of the image forming apparatus, on the touch position at which the releaser applying member for applying the releaser touches the roller to which the releaser applying member applies the releaser.