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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuhiro Funayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Katahira, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Nagamori, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing roller that fixes a toner image to a recording medium; a cleaning roller that contacts the fixing roller and rotates, and cleans off toner adhered to a surface of the fixing roller; and a collecting roller that contacts the cleaning roller and rotates, and collects toner adhered to a surface of the cleaning roller, the collecting roller including an air passage section that extends through the collecting roller in an axial direction of the collecting roller and through which air passes.