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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2005
Kouichi Sanpei, Ebina, JP;
Hiroshi Nou, Ebina, JP;
Akira Iwaishi, Ebina, JP;
Mitsuhiro Mori, Ebina, JP;
Kouichi Sanpei, Ebina, JP;
Hiroshi Nou, Ebina, JP;
Akira Iwaishi, Ebina, JP;
Mitsuhiro Mori, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device that applies heat energy to a recording medium having a toner image formed thereon to fix the toner image includes a flash fixing part that includes a flash lamp disposed in non-contact with the recording medium and applies heat energy to the toner image formed on the recording medium through discharge luminescence of a gas in the flash lamp, and an air stream spraying part that is disposed in non-contact with the recording medium on a downstream side of the flash fixing part in a transporting direction of the recording medium and sprays an air stream at a prescribed temperature onto a surface of the recording medium.