Patent ID: 8873989
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device for fixing a toner image on a recording medium, comprising: a hollow, fixing rotary body rotatable in a given direction of rotation; a first heater disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of the fixing rotary body to heat the fixing rotary body; a pressing rotary body pressed against the fixing rotary body to form a fixing nip therebetween through which the recording medium bearing the toner image is conveyed; and a heat conductor disposed opposite the first heater and the inner circumferential surface of the fixing rotary body and that comes into and out of contact with a guide disposed downstream from the fixing device in a recording medium conveyance direction to guide the recording medium discharged from the fixing nip, the heat conductor to conduct heat received from the first heater to the guide.