Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heating apparatus having a cylindrical film and a pressing element to form nip
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Application No.: US17100303Application Date: 2020-11-20
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Publication No.: US11281138B2Publication Date: 2022-03-22
- Inventor: Kazuhiko Kikuchi
- Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kim & Stewart LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-021853 20190208
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A heating apparatus includes a cylindrical film and a pressing element that rotates with the cylindrical film and forms a nip with the cylindrical film. A medium is conveyed through the nip from an upstream side to a downstream side. The heating apparatus further includes a guide member arranged inside the cylindrical film and including a first end portion that contacts the cylindrical film at a location that is downstream of an upstream end of the nip, and a substrate arranged inside the cylindrical film and on which a heating element is disposed. An upstream end of the substrate is located downstream of the first end portion of the guide member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210072685A1 HEATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-03-11
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