Patent ID: 7257346

Claim:
A fusing roller regenerating apparatus of a fusing device in an image forming apparatus, comprising: a fusing roller having a coating layer formed on a surface thereof and having an anti-adhesiveness to fuse a toner image transferred to a sheet of printing paper onto the sheet; and a fusing backup roller pressing the sheet and the toner image formed thereon with respect to the fusing roller with a predetermined pressure; wherein the fusing roller is disposed under the fusing backup roller, and the fusing roller regenerating apparatus comprises, a coating unit disposed under the fusing roller in a shape to partially enclose at least a lower portion of the fusing roller to coat the fusing roller to form a regenerated coating layer to a predetermined thickness, and a heating unit including a heating body spaced-apart from a surface of the fusing roller by a predetermined distance to harden the regenerated coating layer formed on the fusing roller by the coating unit.