Fixing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsMutsumi Naniwa, Chikashi Ohishi
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Abstract
There are provided a fixing device which includes a first transport path for transporting a recording medium with an image formed thereon and a fixing roll pair having at least one heating roll; and an image forming apparatus including the fixing device. The recording medium transported from the first transport path is nipped and transported to fix the image. The fixing roll pair is placed so that a rotation axis thereof is parallel to a transport surface of the first transport path and tilts with respect to a transport direction of the recording medium in the first transport path. Localized wear of a fixing roll surface caused by edges of a recording medium can be suppressed without limiting the kind of the recording medium used.
Claims20
A fixing device comprising:
- a first transport path for transporting a recording medium with an image formed thereon;
- and
- a fixing roll pair which includes at least one heating roll, and in which the recording medium transported from the first transport path is nipped and transported to fix the image,
- wherein the fixing roll pair is placed so that a rotation axis thereof is parallel to a transport surface of the first transport path and tilts with respect to a transport direction of the recording medium in the first transport path.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- forming means for forming an image on a recording medium using colorant-containing particles;
- a first transport path for transporting the recording medium with the image formed thereon;
- and
- fixing means for fixing the image by nipping and transporting the recording medium transported from the first transport path in a fixing roll pair, which includes at least one heating roll,
- wherein the fixing roll pair is placed so that a rotation axis thereof is parallel to a transport surface of the first transport path, and tilts with respect to a transport direction of the recording medium in the first transport path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.