Fixing device and image forming apparatus including removing member that removes object attached to outer peripheral surface using rotational speed difference with respect to fixing member
US12111589B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 28, 2022 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2017
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing member that has an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface, is rotatably provided, comes into contact with, of a recording material on which an image is formed, a surface on which the image is formed, and fixes the image to the recording material, a rotating member that is rotatably provided and includes, at an outer peripheral portion, a contact surface coming into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the fixing member, and a removing member that is disposed to be in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the fixing member, is rotatably provided, and removes an attached object attached to the outer peripheral surface using a rotation speed difference with respect to the fixing member.
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