Separation device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus

摘要

A separation device includes at least one separator disposed opposite one of a first rotary body and a second rotary body. Each separator includes a front aligned in an axial direction of the one of the first rotary body and the second rotary body and including a recording medium conveyance face over which a recording medium slides. The recording medium conveyance face includes a front edge produced with a burr having a height not greater than about 25 micrometers. A recess produced on the recording medium conveyance face extends in a direction perpendicular to a recording medium conveyance direction. The recording medium conveyance face has a surface roughness defined by one of an arithmetic average roughness not greater than about 1.5 micrometers, a maximum height not greater than about 10.0 micrometers, and a ten point average roughness not greater than about 7.2 micrometers.

主权项

1. A separation device disposed downstream from a first rotary body and a second rotary body contacting the first rotary body in a recording medium conveyance direction in which a recording medium is conveyed between the first rotary body and the second rotary body, the separation device comprising:
at least one separator disposed opposite one of the first rotary body and the second rotary body, each of the at least one separator including:
a front aligned in an axial direction of the one of the first rotary body and the second rotary body and including a recording medium conveyance face over which the recording medium slides, the recording medium conveyance face including a front edge produced with a burr extending from an outer surface of the at least one separator having a height not greater than about 25 micrometers; anda recess produced on the recording medium conveyance face and extending in a direction perpendicular to the recording medium conveyance direction, wherein the recording medium conveyance face has a surface roughness defined by one of an arithmetic average roughness not greater than about 1.5 micrometers, a maximum height not greater than about 10.0 micrometers, and a ten point average roughness not greater than about 7.2 micrometers.