Fixing unit with auxiliary heating member and surface recovery member, and image forming apparatus
US8422928B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 2010 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2035
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing unit is provided with a fixing member to heat a recoding medium and to fix a toner image on the recording medium; a pressure member to press the fixing member to form a nip portion in which a recording medium carrying a toner image is nipped; an auxiliary heating member to heat the surface of the fixing member; and a surface recovery member, arranged at a downstream side of the first auxiliary heating member in a rotational direction of the fixing member, for recovering damage to a surface of the fixing member by making contact with and sliding on the fixing member.
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