Patent ID: 9213279
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing apparatus for performing a fixing process in which an unfixed toner image is fixed on a recording material while conveying the recording material bearing the unfixed toner image at a nip portion, the fixing apparatus comprising: a first rotary member configured to contact the unfixed toner image; a second rotary member configured to form the nip portion with the first rotary member; and an air supply unit configured to supply air to the second rotary member, wherein the fixing apparatus is configured to execute a first mode in which a warm-up for warming the second rotary member while rotating the first rotary member and the second rotary member is performed for a period of the warm-up before the fixing process and in which supplying air by the air supply unit for a period of the fixing process is performed, a second mode in which the warm-up is performed for a longer period than the period of warm-up in the first mode and in which supplying air by the air supply unit is performed for the period of the fixing process, and a third mode in which the warm-up is performed for the same period as the period of the warm-up in the first mode and in which supplying air by the air supply unit is not performed, independently of the number of the recording materials on which the unfixed toner images are continuously fixed, for an entire period of the fixing process.