Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Sahara
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus which uses a plurality of heat-fixing devices, and secures a fixing property and a high quality of image and on the other hand, suppresses electric power consumption and further, curtails the number of parts, and gives consideration to an environment and realizes a lower cost. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion which forms a toner image on a recording medium, and first and second fixing devices which heat-fix the toner image formed on the recording medium, and an exhaust heat route from the first fixing device passes via the second fixing device.
Claims5
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming portion which forms a toner image on a recording medium;
- and
- a first and a second fixing devices which heat-fix the toner image formed on the recording medium,
- wherein an exhaust heat route from said first fixing device is provided through said second fixing device.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming portion which forms a toner image on a recording medium;
- and
- a first and a second fixing devices which heat-fix the toner image formed on the recording medium,
- wherein said second fixing device is heated by use of an exhaust heat of said first fixing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.