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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2005
Applicant:
Nobuo Tohata, Sunto-gun, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuo Tohata, Sunto-gun, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprising a fixing portion provided with a cleaning member having a resinous covering layer comprising a resin which is of the same series as a binder resin and has an MI which is not less than 1.3 times as high as that of the binder resin, or the cleaning member being provided with a heating mechanism for heating the cleaning member as a layer of dirt that has been deposited thereon is increased to a predetermined thickness or as the layer of dirt and the surface temperature of the cleaning member become higher than a predetermined level.