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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Kan Mukai, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2025 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0132 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing device includes a cleaning member configured to clean a fixing member and a re-adhering member to which toner that adheres to the cleaning member is caused to re-adhere. The re-adhering member is disposed so as to face the fixing member. A surface of the cleaning member, which makes contact with the fixing member, may be constituted by a nonmetal member, and a surface of the re-adhering member, which makes contact with the cleaning member, may be constituted by a metal member.