Patent ID: 7912412
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A transfer-fixing device for transferring and fixing a toner image onto a transfer-fixing surface of a recording medium, the transfer-fixing device comprising: a transfer-fixing member to carry the toner image; a pressing member to pressingly contact the transfer-fixing member to form a nip between the pressing member and the transfer-fixing member through which the recording medium passes; a heating member to heat the transfer-fixing surface of the recording medium conveyed toward the nip so that the recording medium reaches the nip before a temperature of a back surface of the recording medium opposite the transfer-fixing surface of the recording medium increases, the heating member including a brush member configured to contact the transfer-fixing surface of the recording medium; and a temperature equalization member to equalize temperature distribution on a surface of the transfer-fixing member in a width direction of the transfer-fixing member perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the recording medium, after the surface of the transfer-fixing member passes the nip.