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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2004
Masanobu Deguchi, Kashiba, JP;
Hiroshi Kida, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Toshiaki Kagawa, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Masanobu Deguchi, Kashiba, JP;
Hiroshi Kida, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Toshiaki Kagawa, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device cleaning device, provided on a fixing device having a heating member and a pressing member pressed against the heating member at a predetermined contact pressure, comprises a cleaning member, formed in a scraper shape, which is pressed against the heating member, or the pressing member, so as to remove developer from a surface of the heating member or the pressing member. The cleaning member includes one or more opening sections in a vicinity of a contact point with respect to a cleaning target surface of the heating member or the pressing member.