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US 2006/0216076 A1Published application
Cleaning device for a fixing unit
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTatsuya Shinkawa, Takashi Yamanaka, Kan Mukai, Kouji Wakamoto
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AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTatsuya Shinkawa, Takashi Yamanaka, Kan Mukai, Kouji Wakamoto
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A fixing unit includes a heat roller and a pressing roller that comes in pressure contact with the heat roller, and passes the recording paper with an unfixed toner image formed thereon through the nip between the heat roller and pressing roller to thereby fix the toner image to the recording paper by applying heat and pressure thereto. A cleaning device for removing the toner remaining on the heat roller or pressing roller in the fixing unit includes cleaning rollers made of metal arranged in press-contact with the heat roller and pressing roller, the peripheral surface of the cleaning rollers being formed with projected and indented shapes to thereby remove the leftover toner appropriately.
A cleaning device for a fixing unit in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the fixing unit being formed of a heating member incorporating a heater and a pressing member that is put in press-contact with the heating member to fix an unfixed developer image formed on the surface of recording paper thereto by applying heat and pressure as the paper is passed through the nip between the heating member and pressing member, the cleaning device for removing the developer remaining on the heating member and/or pressing member in the fixing unit, comprising:
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