Patent · US Expired

Fixing device for fixing toner images onto a receiving material

US6226489A · kind A · utility

7Cited by

4References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

XEIKON · BE

Inventors

Peter Eelen · Zoersel, BE
Kris Nuyts · Sint-Amands, BE
Ludo Verluyten · Holsbeek, BE
Dirk Broddin · Edegem, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 21, 2000
Grant date	May 1, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 21, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G2215/2016
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The device includes an endless fixing member urged into contact with an endless counter member to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a receiving material path extends. A cleaning member having a tacky surface is in contact with the surface of the fixing member to remove debris therefrom. Polymer material particles are applied to the cleaning member to render the surface tacky. A radiant heating device heats the polymer material particles on the cleaning member surface to render the surface tacky prior to contact of the cleaning member surface with the fixing member surface. Debris, especially paper dust, can thereby be reliably removed from the fixing member.

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