Oil application roller, fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus
OwnerKenji KITAMIinventor
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an oil application roller contacts a surface of a fixing rotary member of a fixing apparatus, and applies oil to the surface of the fixing rotary member. A porous sheet is wrapped around a peripheral surface of a cylindrical member, and an end portion on a wrapping start side of the porous sheet is inclined relative to a rotation shaft of the oil application roller.
Claims9
An oil application roller comprising a cylindrical member impregnated with oil, and a porous sheet wrapped around a peripheral surface of the cylindrical member, and being configured to be in contact with a surface of a fixing rotary member of a fixing apparatus to apply the oil to the surface of the fixing rotary member,
- wherein an edge on a wrapping start side of the porous sheet has a shape formed by being cut in a straight line or a curved line that is inclined relative to a rotation shaft of the oil application roller.
An oil application roller comprising a cylindrical member impregnated with oil, and a porous sheet wrapped around a peripheral surface of the cylindrical member, and being configured to be in contact with a surface of a fixing rotary member of a fixing apparatus to apply the oil to the surface of the fixing rotary member,
- wherein the width of the porous sheet is gradually narrowed toward an end portion on a wrapping start side of the porous sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.