Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17180871Application Date: 2021-02-22
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Publication No.: US11294314B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Osamu Takagi
- 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: JP2014-193457 20140924
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a roller, an endless belt, and a heat generating member disposed in a space inside the endless belt, extending in a width direction of the endless belt, and pressing the endless belt against the roller. A sheet is passed through a nip formed between the roller and a portion of the endless belt pressed by the heat generating member, such that an image on the sheet is fixed thereto. The heat generating member includes first and second heat generating portions that are adjacent to each other along the width direction, and the first portion heat generating is independently operable from the second heat generating portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210173333A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-06-10
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