Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device
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Application No.: US15955571Application Date: 2018-04-17
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Publication No.: US10437181B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Yasunari Kobaru
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2016-130380 20160630
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a cylindrical belt, a nip portion forming member contacting the belt, a halogen heater including a bulb filled with gas and having a sealing portion sealing the bulb, a filament inside the bulb and having a light emission portion, an external lead extending to outside the halogen heater, and a metal body arranged in the sealing portion and electrically connected the filament and the external lead, and a reflection member reflecting the radiation light of the halogen heater toward the nip portion forming member, the reflection member being long in a longitudinal direction of the halogen heater, wherein a longitudinal end of the reflection member is configured to lie in an area between an end of a light emission area constituted by the light emission portion of the halogen heater and the metal body in the longitudinal direction of the halogen heater.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180231925A1 FIXING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-08-16
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