Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15048156Application Date: 2016-02-19
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Publication No.: US09651901B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Kan Mukai
- Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- 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: JP2015-090591 20150427
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160313679A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-10-27
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