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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Shunsuke Hijikata, Suntou-gun, JP;
Taku Fukita, Mishima, JP;
Tomoaki Imura, Mishima, JP;
Takaaki Tsuruya, Mishima, JP;
Shunsuke Hijikata, Suntou-gun, JP;
Taku Fukita, Mishima, JP;
Tomoaki Imura, Mishima, JP;
Takaaki Tsuruya, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image forming apparatus including a fixing part that heats and fixes an unfixed toner image formed on a recording material, onto the recording material, an electric field generation member that forms an electric field in a space in which a component evaporated from a wax flows, the component being generated during the heating and fixing, and a collection member to which a voltage is applied, the collection member electrostatically collecting the component passing through the space in which the electric field has been formed. The image forming apparatus prevents conveyance failures resulting from evaporated components of a release wax adhering to parts within the image forming apparatus.