Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12411617Application Date: 2009-03-26
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Publication No.: US07995958B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Syoukou Gon , Yuzuru Nanjo , Akihiro Kondo , Eiji Nakajima , Naoyuki Ishida , Kenichi Kasama , Tamami Asari
- Applicant: Syoukou Gon , Yuzuru Nanjo , Akihiro Kondo , Eiji Nakajima , Naoyuki Ishida , Kenichi Kasama , Tamami Asari
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agent Gerald E. Hespos; Michael J. Porco
- Priority: JP2008-085377 20080328; JP2008-170520 20080630
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; H05B6/02

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit fixing a toner image onto a sheet. The fixing unit includes a heating member having a sheet conveyed region that is set in accordance with the size of the sheet. The fixing unit further includes a coil generating magnetic field, a fixed core forming a magnetic path, movable cores forming a magnetic path together with the fixed core and arranged along the sheet conveyed region, a shielding member arranged on at least one movable core and shielding magnetism, and a magnetism adjustment unit rotating at least one movable core to switch the position of the shielding member between a shielding position where the shielding member is positioned inside the sheet conveyed region to shield the magnetism and a retracted position where the shielding member is positioned outside the sheet conveyed region to permit pass of the magnetism.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090245898A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-10-01
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