Patent ID: 8897666
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device comprising: a rotatable pressure member; a heating member that is provided so as to oppose the pressure member, the heating member including a heat source; a fixing member that is contacted by the heating member, the fixing member fixing an image to a recording medium as a result of transporting the recording medium while the recording medium is nipped at a nip when the fixing member is pressed by the pressure member, the image being formed of toner including a separating agent, the nip being formed between the fixing member and the pressure member; a cooling unit that cools the pressure member; a removing roller that, while being driven and rotated by the pressure member, removes the separating agent from the pressure member, the separating agent being transferred from the fixing member; and a removing member that contacts the removing roller and removes the separating agent adhered to the removing roller from the removing roller, wherein the cooling unit cools the pressure member at a location that is different from where the removing roller contacts the pressure member, wherein the removing roller is provided upstream of the nip in a direction of rotation of the pressure member and downstream of the cooling unit in the direction of rotation of the pressure member.