Patent ID: 8606156
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing unit that causes a recording medium to pass through a nip part between a fixing member and a pressure member and applies heat and pressure to the recording medium to fix toner thereon, the fixing unit comprising: the fixing member; the pressure member brought into press-contact with a front surface of the fixing member; a pressure mechanism that changes a position at which the pressure member is brought into press-contact with the fixing member, the pressure mechanism being capable of controlling a presence or absence and a width of the nip part; and a cleaning web unit having a contact roller brought into contact with at least the pressure member via a web, a supply roller that supplies a new web, and a winding roller that winds and collects the web having wiped off an attachment on the pressure roller; wherein the contact roller of the cleaning web unit is caused to move following a movement of the pressure mechanism, and the supply roller, the winding roller, and the contact roller are supported by a first member that moves in conjunction with a second member, which is separate from the first member, supporting the pressure member to follow the movement of the pressure mechanism for increasing/reducing the pressure thereof.