JP2009204911A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (6)

Developed with a liquid developer including a roller base portion having a groove extending in the axial direction on the peripheral surface, and a resin layer or an elastic material layer disposed on the peripheral surface of the roller base portion, including toner of a transfer material and a liquid carrier A first fixing roller that contacts the surface on which the transferred image is transferred and fixes the image;
A first pressure roller that presses the fixing roller via the transfer material;
A second fixing roller that contacts a surface of the transfer material fixed by the first fixing roller and the first pressure roller, to which the image is transferred;
A second pressure roller that presses through the second fixing roller and the transfer material;
A fixing device. The fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the groove of the roller base of the fixing roller has a spiral shape extending in one direction from one end to the other end in the axial direction of the fixing roller . It said groove of said roller base of the fixing roller, a fixing device according to claim 1 which is cross-hatched shape. The fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the resin layer or the elastic material layer is greater than a depth of the groove of the roller base portion . The fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein a contact angle of the surface of the first fixing roller with respect to the liquid developer is smaller than a contact angle of the surface of the second fixing roller with respect to the liquid developer . A latent image carrier on which a latent image is formed;
A developing unit for developing the latent image formed on the latent image carrier with a liquid developer including toner and a liquid carrier;
A transfer portion for transferring an image developed with a liquid developer to a transfer material;
A roller base having a groove extending in the axial direction on a peripheral surface, and a resin layer or an elastic material layer disposed on the peripheral surface of the roller base, the surface of the transfer material being in contact with the surface to which the image is transferred A first fixing roller that fixes the image; a first pressure roller that presses the fixing roller via the transfer material; the first fixing roller; and the transfer that is fixed by the first pressure roller. A second fixing roller that contacts a surface of the material to which the image has been transferred, and a fixing unit that includes the second fixing roller and a second pressure roller that is pressed through the transfer material;
An image forming apparatus comprising: