Title:
画像形成装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6828109
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
To provide an image forming apparatus that suppresses attachment and accumulation of a toner onto a surface of a fixing roller.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus comprises: a fixing nip (fixing means) that applies heat and pressure to a toner image to fix the toner image to a sheet; and a fixing roller 106a (driven rotating body) that is arranged downstream of the fixing nip in a sheet conveyance direction and has its rotation shaft 106a9 provided inclined with respect to the sheet conveyance direction. The fixing roller 106a includes a contact part 106a3 that is in contact with an image surface (transfer surface) to which the toner image on the sheet is transferred, and at least one slits 106a7 and 106a8 (groove parts) that are notched in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the rotation shaft 106a9 and form a gap with the sheet.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7
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Inventors:
Takeshi Ozaki
Akitaka Endo
Akitaka Endo
Application Number:
JP2019164128A
Publication Date:
February 10, 2021
Filing Date:
September 10, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Canon Inc
International Classes:
G03G15/20
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2014125331A | ||||
| JP2009128545A | ||||
| JP9197864A |
Foreign References:
| US20050265762 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Chikajima International Patent Office