Fixing device, collecting roller, and image forming apparatus
US9760043B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 26, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2009
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing roller that fixes a toner image to a recording medium; a cleaning roller that contacts the fixing roller and rotates, and cleans off toner adhered to a surface of the fixing roller; and a collecting roller that contacts the cleaning roller and rotates, and collects toner adhered to a surface of the cleaning roller, the collecting roller including an air passage section that extends through the collecting roller in an axial direction of the collecting roller and through which air passes.
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