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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Keita Saito, Toyokawa, JP;
Noboru Oomoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Shinichi Yabuki, Toyokawa, JP;
Tadayasu Sekioka, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2017 (2013.01); G03G 15/2039 (2013.01); G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2032 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a fixing device for fixing a toner image to a recording medium by heating and pressing the recording medium with transferred toner image between a heat fixing member and a pressure member, a fixing-member housing is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the heat fixing member, while a reflection member is attached to an inner side of the fixing-member housing opposed to the heat fixing member. Air blown by an air blower is circulated through space between the fixing-member housing and the heat fixing member.