Fixing device and image forming apparatus having power supply wire protection
View Patent ↗A fixing device includes a heat member that includes a heat portion and rotates in a circumferential direction; a pressure member that faces the heat member and fixes a toner image transferred on a sheet to the sheet by applying pressure when the heat member applies heat; and first and second housing chambers that house electric wires, that are spaces isolated from the heat member and the pressure member, and that respectively have first and second openings being open to the outside in the circumferential direction and being covered with lid members, the electric wires being respectively arranged through the first and second openings, the second housing chamber being formed separately from the first housing chamber, the second opening being open in a direction different from a direction of the first opening.
1. A fixing device, comprising:
a heat member that includes a heat portion, the heat member rotating in a circumferential direction;
a pressure member that faces the heat member, the pressure member fixing a toner image transferred on a sheet to the sheet by applying pressure when the heat member applies heat;
a first housing chamber that houses a first electric wire, the first housing chamber being a space isolated from the heat member and the pressure member, the first housing chamber having a first opening, the first opening being open to the outside in the circumferential direction, the first opening being covered with a first lid member, the first electric wire being arranged through the first opening; and
a second housing chamber that houses a second electric wire, the second housing chamber being a space isolated from the heat member and the pressure member, the second housing chamber being formed separately from the first housing chamber, the second housing chamber having a second opening, the second opening being open to the outside in the circumferential direction, the second opening being formed in a direction different from a direction of the first opening, the second opening being covered with a second lid member, the second electric wire being arranged through the second opening.
2. The fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first lid member covering the first opening and the second lid member covering the second opening are different members.
3. The fixing device according to claim 1 , the fixing device further comprising:
a frame that supports the heat member,
wherein the first housing chamber and the second housing chamber are formed at the frame.
4. The fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first lid member covering the first opening and the second lid member covering the second opening is a peeling member that peels off the sheet from the heat member.
5. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a toner-image forming unit that forms a toner image;
a transfer unit that transfers the toner image formed by the toner-image forming unit, on a recording material; and
a fixing unit that fixes the toner image transferred on the recording material, to the recording material,
wherein the fixing unit includes:
a heat member that includes a heat portion, the heat member rotating in a circumferential direction,
a pressure member that faces the heat member, the pressure member fixing the toner image transferred on the recording material to the recording material by applying pressure when the heat member applies heat,
a first housing chamber that houses a first electric wire, the first housing chamber being a space isolated from the heat member and the pressure member, the first housing chamber having a first opening, the first opening being open to the outside in the circumferential direction, the first opening being covered with a first lid member, the first electric wire being arranged through the first opening, and
a second housing chamber that houses a second electric wire, the second housing chamber being a space isolated from the heat member and the pressure member, the second housing chamber being formed separately from the first housing chamber, the second housing chamber having a second opening, the second opening being open to the outside in the circumferential direction, the second opening being formed in a direction different from a direction of the first opening, the second opening being covered with a second lid member, the second electric wire being arranged through the second opening.
6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first lid member covering the first opening and the second lid member covering the second opening are different members.
7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5 , the fixing unit further comprising:
a frame that supports the heat member,
wherein the first housing chamber and the second housing chamber are formed at the frame.
8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the first lid member covering the first opening and the second lid member covering the second opening is a peeling member that peels off the sheet from the heat member.