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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
May. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Hirofumi Kawaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2021 (2013.01); G03G 15/2007 (2013.01); G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 15/2092 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing device fixes a toner image formed on a recording medium to the recording medium. The fixing device includes a fixing roller, a pressure roller, and a first heater. The pressure roller is disposed opposite to the fixing roller to form a fixing nip therebetween. The first heater performs non-contact heating on the toner image that has passed through the fixing nip and that has been fixed to the recording medium to melt the toner image. The first heater is disposed adjacent to a conveyance path through which the recording medium that has passed through the fixing nip is conveyed.