Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus including the same
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置及包括该固定装置的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13332584Application Date: 2011-12-21
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Publication No.: US08824947B2Publication Date: 2014-09-02
- Inventor: Tomohiro Maeda
- Applicant: Tomohiro Maeda
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: JP2011-022008 20110203
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A recording sheet has an unfixed toner image that is formed thereon, and is conveyed to a fixing device. A surface reforming device of the fixing device performs surface reformation for the surface of the toner on the recording sheet by, for example, plasma irradiation or the like, thereby generating a polar group of a hydrophilic property on the surface of the toner. Next, the recording sheet is conveyed to a laser irradiation portion by a recording sheet conveyance device to be irradiated with a laser, in which the toner is fused to be fixed to the recording sheet. The toner on the recording sheet is subjected to surface reforming treatment, thus having increased affinity (adhesion force) with the recording sheet, so that it is possible to secure favorable fixability without pressing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120201584A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2012-08-09
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