Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Fixing device and image forming apparatus capable of effectively suppressing thermal energy released externally from device due to thermal convection and hot air flow
A fixing device for fixing a toner image onto a recording paper includes a heating member for heating the recording paper, a pressing member for pressing the heating member by pressure-applying contact, a casing accommodating the heating member and the pressing member, and being provided with an exit port for discharging the recording paper, and a closing unit added to the exit port for keeping a temperature of the casing. The closing unit has a rotation member, and an opposed member forming a nip region together with the rotation member.
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Takayuki Hiroshi Kuniya Masayuki Takashi
Ito Mizuno Matsuura Satou Fujiwara