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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2010
Koji Yamamoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Hiroshi Funabiki, Uenohara, JP;
Masanori Murakami, Hachioji, JP;
Jinju Okuno, Hino, JP;
Koji Yamamoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Hiroshi Funabiki, Uenohara, JP;
Masanori Murakami, Hachioji, JP;
Jinju Okuno, Hino, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device fixing a toner image on a recording material includes a first blowing section that blows air against a leading edge of the recording material that has passed through a nip portion formed by a heated fixing member and a pressing member kept in pressure contact with the fixing member, and a second blowing section that blows air against the recording material that has passed through the nip portion, wherein an air speed of air blown out from a first blowing outlet is higher than that of air blown out from a second blowing outlet, wherein an air flow amount from the first blowing outlet is less than that from the second blowing outlet, and wherein the first and second blowing outlets are arranged at a same positional height next to one another along a rotational axis of the fixing roller.