| 摘要 |
Preventing the excessive supply of the release agent 51, and simultaneously preventing the dripping of the excessive release agent 51 when applying a release agent 51, in order to prevent the offset by the heat roll 41. In a fixing device 4 having a heater lamp 43 mounted as a heat source in the interior of a cored bar 31 of a heat roll 41, wherein the temperature is maintained to a heat-fixing temperature by controlling the electricity being supplied to the heater lamp 43, an application roll 54 is mounted so as to contact the heat roll 41 for a uniform application of a release agent 51, and an application member 53 for supplying and applying the release agent 51 to the application roll 54 is mounted so as to contact said application roll 54, while a blade 55 for limiting the release agent 51 being applied to the roll is mounted thereto. The application member 53 and the blade 55 are positioned so that the opposing end surfaces thereof are adjacent to each other. Thereby, the application region in the tip portion of the application member 53 is in a saturated state, and the excessive supply of the release agent 51 is limited, which leads to the stabilization of the supply quantity, and the prevention of generation of an excessive release agent 51a. <IMAGE> |
