| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To remove an adhesive attached on a thermal fixing roller by making a cleaner impregnated with a solvent, etc. abut on the thermal fixing roller, and setting a cleaning mode. CONSTITUTION:When a cleaner 15 is fitted over each pin 4, 4 felt 16, 16 is made to elastically abut on a heating roller 11A and an auxiliary roller 11B. When the power source of a device is turned on to set a cleaning mode for the felt 16, 16, only a roller 11 is driven and rotated by a special drive source while not being heated and the rollers 11A and 11B are rotated and slid against the felt 16, 16 and an adhesive attached on the surface of the felt 16 is wiped off because the felt 16, 16 of the cleaner 15 is impregnated with a solvent. This cleaning operation can be set within a fixed time or continued for a predetermined time until the cleaning mode is released. |
