Fixing device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYutaka Kakigahara, Masamitsu Takahashi, Satoshi Murata, Kengo Takeda, Masataka Kamiya
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Abstract
A fixing device 9 has a nozzle unit 9A. The nozzle unit 9A sprays the fixing solution to a sheet S on which a toner image is formed. The nozzle unit 9A has a housing 21, a nozzle electrode 23 and a plurality of nozzles 22. The plurality of nozzles 22 has a first nozzle 22A and a second nozzle 22B located at an interval from the first nozzle 22A in a first direction, and the nozzle electrode 23 is located inside the housing 21. The nozzle electrode 23 extends in the first direction. A length L1 of the nozzle electrode 23 in the first direction is greater than the interval between the first nozzle 22A and the second nozzle 22B in the first direction.
Claims18
A fixing device comprising a nozzle unit that sprays a fixing solution to a sheet on which a toner image is formed, and provided to fix the toner image on the sheet,
- wherein the nozzle unit comprises:
- a housing capable of accommodating the fixing solution;
- a nozzle electrode located inside the housing and extending in a first direction, the first direction intersecting with a direction in which the sheet is conveyed and being a width direction of the sheet;
- and
- a plurality of nozzles provided to discharge the fixing solution electrically charged by the nozzle electrode from the housing, aligned along the first direction, and comprising a first nozzle and a second nozzle located at an interval from the first nozzle in the first direction, and
- a length of the nozzle electrode in the first direction is greater than the interval between the first nozzle and the second nozzle in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.