Fixing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorYuhiro SAKAI
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Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressure member, a fixing frame, a rolling bearing member, and a ground member. The fixing member heats a toner on a medium. The pressure member forms a pressure region with the fixing member and pressurizes the toner on the medium passing through the pressure region. The fixing frame supports both ends of the fixing member and the pressure member. The rolling bearing member is disposed between either of the fixing member and the pressure member and the fixing frame in an electrically insulated state. The ground member electrically grounds either of the fixing member and the pressure member via the rolling bearing member.
Claims7
A fixing device comprising:
- a fixing member which heats a toner on a medium while rotating around an axis;
- a pressure member which forms a pressure region with the fixing member and pressurizes the toner on the medium passing through the pressure region while rotating around an axis;
- a fixing frame which supports both ends of the fixing member and the pressure member in the axial direction;
- a rolling bearing member which is disposed between either of the fixing member and the pressure member and the fixing frame in an electrically insulated state;
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- a ground member which electrically grounds either of the fixing member and the pressure member via the rolling bearing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.