Patent ID: 7548717
Filing Date: 2009-06-16
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing apparatus comprising: fixing rollers composed of a pair of rotating bodies, that fuse an unfixed developer of an image which is formed on a recording medium and firmly adhere the unfixed developer onto the recording medium by passing the recording medium through a press-contact portion formed between the fixing rollers; a belt-shaped cleaning member impregnated with oil in advance, for supplying the oil to at least one of the fixing rollers in contact therewith and cleaning a toner adhering to the at least one of the fixing rollers; a press-contact roller disposed so that the cleaning member is pressed onto the at least one of the fixing rollers; a feed-out roller for feeding the cleaning member that is belt-shaped and wound up in advance; a wind-up roller for winding up the cleaning member fed by the feed-out roller and having cleaned the surface of the at least one of the fixing rollers; and an oil absorbing layer disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the press-contact roller, for absorbing oil exudation out of the cleaning member.