Fixing device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKota Aoki, Koji Nojima
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Abstract
A fixing device includes first and second rotatable members configured to fix, at a nip therebetween, a toner image formed on a sheet by using a toner containing a parting agent; a casing provided with a sheet introducing opening and a sheet discharging opening and configured to include the first and second rotatable members; a fan; a duct configured to guide air from the fan toward one longitudinal end portion of the first rotatable member; and a cover member configured to cover an outer surface of the first rotatable member, wherein the cover member extends inside the casing from a neighborhood of the sheet introducing opening to the duct.
Claims9
A fixing device comprising:
- first and second rotatable members configured to fix, at a nip therebetween, a toner image formed on a sheet by using a toner containing a parting agent;
- a casing provided with a sheet introducing opening and a sheet discharging opening and configured to include said first and second rotatable members;
- a fan;
- a duct configured to guide air from said fan toward one longitudinal end portion of said first rotatable member;
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- a cover member configured to cover an outer surface of said first rotatable member, wherein said cover member extends inside said casing from a neighborhood of said sheet introducing opening to said duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.