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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Mizuki Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruhiko Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Masataka Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mizuki Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruhiko Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Masataka Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a rotatable pressure member; a heating member that is provided so as to oppose the pressure member, and that includes a heat source; a fixing member that fixes an image to a recording medium as a result of transporting the recording medium while the recording medium is nipped at a nip when the fixing member is pressed by the pressure member, the image being formed of toner including a separating agent; a cooling unit that cools the pressure member at a location that is situated downstream of the nip; a removing roller that, while being driven and rotated by the pressure member, removes the separating agent from the pressure member, the separating agent being transferred from the fixing member; and a removing member that contacts the removing roller and removes the separating agent adhered to the removing roller from the removing roller.