Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image heater
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Application No.: US17910050Application Date: 2021-03-05
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Publication No.: US11892786B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Manabu Ono
- Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JP 20044569 2020.03.13
- International Application: PCT/US2021/021024 2021.03.05
- International Announcement: WO2021/183378A 2021.09.16
- Date entered country: 2022-09-08
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image heating device includes a conveyance belt having a heat generation layer, and a first electrode portion, a second electrode portion and a third electrode portion that are in contact with the heat generation layer. The conveyance belt conveys a recording medium that includes an image. A first heat generation region formed on the conveyance belt between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion generates heat to a first temperature that is equal to or greater than a deformation temperature at which a material forming the image is deformable. A second heat generation region formed between the second electrode portion and the third electrode portion generates heat to a second temperature that is different from the first temperature. The first heat generation region and the second heat generation region are located in a region of the conveyance belt to contact the recording medium.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230229100A1 IMAGE HEATER Public/Granted day:2023-07-20
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