Fixing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorKentaro HONDA
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Abstract
A fixing device for fixing processing to fix a developer to a medium where the developer is transferred onto the medium, according to the invention, includes: a fixing processing unit for the fixing processing of the medium fed from an upstream side in a medium conveyance direction; a medium guide unit for guiding the medium fed from the upstream side in a medium conveyance direction, to the fixing processing unit; and a conductive member having a relatively high conductivity, being connected to a ground level, and contacting to the medium guide unit.
Claims15
A fixing device for fixing processing to fix a developer to a medium where the developer is transferred onto the medium, the fixing device comprising:
- a fixing processing unit for the fixing processing of the medium fed from an upstream side in a medium conveyance direction;
- a medium guide unit for guiding the medium fed from the upstream side in a medium conveyance direction, to the fixing processing unit;
- and
- a conductive member having a relatively high conductivity, being connected to a ground level, and contacting to the medium guide unit.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit developing a developer and transferring the developer to a medium;
- and
- a fixing device for fixing processing to fix the developer to the medium where the developer is transferred onto the medium,
- wherein the fixing device comprising:
- a fixing processing unit for the fixing processing of the medium fed from an upstream side in a medium conveyance direction;
- a medium guide unit for guiding the medium fed from the upstream side in a medium conveyance direction, to the fixing processing unit;
- and a conductive member having a relatively high conductivity, being connected to a ground level, and contacting to the medium guide unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.