Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus including thermistor and thermostat aligned in a sheet conveyance direction
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Application No.: US17753285Application Date: 2020-08-24
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Publication No.: US11886137B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Fumito Nakamoto , Masakazu Uehara , Hironori Takahashi , Tomohiro Watatani , Yuhiro Sakai
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP 19157029 2019.08.29
- International Application: PCT/JP2020/031868 2020.08.24
- International Announcement: WO2021/039733A 2021.03.04
- Date entered country: 2022-02-25
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device (50) includes a fixing belt (70), a pressure member (80), and a heating section (90). The heating section (90) faces an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt (70). The heating section (90) includes a heater (HT), a first heat sensitive body (SM11), and a second heat sensitive body (SM21). The second heat sensitive body (SM21) differs from the first heat sensitive body (SM11). The heater (HT) has a first heater portion (AE1). The first heater portion (AE1) is one end portion of a pair of end portions of the heater (HT) in a longitudinal direction thereof. The first heat sensitive body (SM11) and the second heat sensitive body (SM21) face the first heater portion (AE1) and are aligned in a conveyance direction (DC) of a sheet (S).
Public/Granted literature
- US20220350282A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-11-03
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