Optical fixing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomohiro Maeda
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Abstract
An optical fixing device is provided that is capable of improving fixability as well as improving smoothness of an image on a recording medium that is formed after fixing, and forming a high-quality image of high gloss level. An optical fixing device includes a recording sheet fixing conveyance section that conveys a recording sheet on which a toner image is formed; a laser irradiation section that irradiates with light the toner image formed on the recording sheet that is conveyed by the recording sheet fixing conveyance section; and a pressurizing section that is disposed on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the recording sheet from the light irradiation section and pressurizes the toner image on the recording sheet after irradiation of light by the light irradiation section.
Claims6
An optical fixing device comprising:
- a recording medium conveyance section that conveys a recording medium on which a toner image is formed;
- a light irradiation section that irradiates with light the toner image formed on the recording medium that is conveyed by the recording medium conveyance section;
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- a pressurizing section that is disposed on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the recording medium from the light irradiation section with respect to the conveyance direction of the recording medium that is conveyed by the recording medium conveyance section, and pressurizes the toner image on the recording medium after irradiation of light by the light irradiation section, wherein the light irradiation section and the pressurizing section are disposed in pressure-contact with each other so that heat generated from the light irradiation section is moved to the pressurizing section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.