Patent ID: 9348292
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fixing apparatus comprising: a fixing device configured to nip and feed a sheet to fix a toner image on a sheet, said fixing device including (i) a first fixing member contactable with a toner image carrying surface of the sheet, and (ii) a second fixing member provided with a first electroconductive surface layer, which has a volume resistivity of 10 a feeding device provided downstream of said fixing device with respect to a feeding direction of the sheet and configured to nip and feed the sheet, said feeding device including (i) a first feeding roller contactable with the toner image carrying surface of the sheet, and (ii) a second feeding roller provided with a second electroconductive surface layer, which has a volume resistivity of 10 a first electrical discharging member contacted with said first electroconductive surface layer to electrically discharge said second fixing member; and a second electrical discharging member contacted with said second electroconductive surface layer to electrically discharge said second feeding roller.