Patent ID: 8886097

Claim:
A fixing device comprising: a rotary fuser member subjected to heating; a rotary pressure member opposite the fuser member, the fuser member and the pressure member being pressed against each other to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a recording medium passes to fix a toner image thereon under heat and pressure; and a cleaning system to clean the pressure member, the system comprising: a cleaning web adjacent to the pressure member to wipe the pressure member when brought into contact with the pressure member; a feeding mechanism operatively connected to the cleaning web to feed a new, unused portion of the cleaning web toward the pressure member; a positioning mechanism operatively connected to at least one of the cleaning web and the pressure member to position the cleaning web and the pressure member with respect to each other; and a controller operatively connected with the feeding mechanism and the positioning mechanism to control feeding and positioning of the cleaning web, so as to advance the web continuously while maintaining the web out of contact with the pressure member.