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US 9,851,661 B1Granted
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroki Nakamoto, Masao Ito, Yoshiya Imoto
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Abstract
A fixing device includes: an optical system that includes a lens serving as a light guiding path and concentrates laser light for image fixing at an interface between the lens and a recording material; a holding part that holds the lens of the optical system; an operating part that rotates together with the holding part; and a suppressing unit that suppresses propagation of energy of the laser light from the holding part to the operating part.
Claims5
A fixing device comprising:
- an optical system that includes a lens serving as a light guiding path and concentrates laser light for image fixing at an interface between the lens and a recording material;
- a holding part that holds the lens of the optical system;
- an operating part that rotates together with the holding part;
- and
- a suppressing unit that suppresses propagation of energy of the laser light from the holding part to the operating part.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit that forms an image;
- a transfer unit that transfers the image formed by the image forming unit onto a recording material;
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- a fixing unit that fixes the image, which has been transferred onto the recording material, to the recording material,
- wherein the fixing unit comprises:
- an optical system that includes a lens serving as a light guiding path and concentrates laser light for image fixing at an interface between the lens and the recording material;
- a holding part that holds the lens of the optical system;
- an operating part that rotates together with the holding part;
- and
- a suppressing unit that suppresses propagation of energy of the laser light from the holding part to the operating part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.