Title:
FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017161617
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress generation of image noise and the like by using a non-contact heating method of blowing superheated steam to an unfixed toner image on a recording medium and preventing the superheated steam from making a swirl.SOLUTION: A fixing device includes: a superheated steam generating part 21 that generates superheated steam A; an inlet part 22 which is positioned on an upstream side in a conveyance direction of a recording medium 11 and to which the recording medium 11 having an unfixed toner image 12 formed thereon is carried in; a superheated steam blowing part 23 that blows, under atmospheric pressure, forward along the conveyance direction, the superheated steam A to the unfixed toner image 12 on the recording medium 11 which has been carried in from the inlet part 22; and an open outlet part 24 that is positioned on a downstream side in the conveyance direction of the recording medium 11 and lets the recording medium 11 and an air flow pass.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
NAGAI HIROKI
Application Number:
JP2016044139A
Publication Date:
September 14, 2017
Filing Date:
March 08, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA INC
International Classes:
G03G15/20
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Katsuaki Matsukawa
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