Fixing oil coating apparatus

摘要

In a fixing oil coating apparatus for coating oil to an outer circumferential surface of a fixing roller for fixing a toner image of a recording sheet, the apparatus has an oil coating roller including a cylindrical porous member impregnated with oil therein, and a brush-shaped oil applying member fixed on an outer circumferential surface of the porous member. The brush-shaped oil applying member is brought into contact with the outer circumferential surface of the fixing roller so that the oil is coated to the fixing roller.