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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2014
Applicants:
Hiroshi Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/0035 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit and a cleaning unit. The fixing unit includes multiple local heaters configured to separately heat multiple portions of a recording medium carrying toner to fix the toner on the recording medium. The cleaning unit removes unfixed toner adhering to the recording medium after the fixing of the toner performed by the fixing unit.