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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2006
Tatsuya Shinkawa, Nara, JP;
Kimihide Tsukamoto, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Yamanaka, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Kan Mukai, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Yasuhiro Takai, Sakurai, JP;
Tatsuya Shinkawa, Nara, JP;
Kimihide Tsukamoto, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Yamanaka, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Kan Mukai, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Yasuhiro Takai, Sakurai, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fixing apparatus that firmly adheres unfixed toner onto a recording sheet includes a first cleaning unit for cleaning up toner adhering to a surface of a heating roller by using a belt-shaped cleaning member, and a second cleaning unit for cleaning up toner adhering to a surface of a pressurizing roller by using a roller-shaped member, wherein oil for promoting releasability is not supplied from the first cleaning unit whose cleaning member is an oilless member to the heating roller, and the oil is supplied only from the roller-shaped member of the second cleaning unit to the pressurizing roller.