Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置
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Application No.: US12418727Application Date: 2009-04-06
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Publication No.: US08285167B2Publication Date: 2012-10-09
- Inventor: Yasunari Miyazaki
- Applicant: Yasunari Miyazaki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agency: Turocy & Watson, LLP
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device configured to fix a toner image on a moving printing medium includes: a fixing heat generator that generates heat by electromagnetic induction; a fixing medium that rotates and is heated while being carried by the heating medium; and a pressing member that presses a back surface of the printing medium coming into contact with the fixing medium, the fixing heat generator including a center coil and a pair of side coils provided at a center portion and both side portions thereof along a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the printing medium for heating the fixing medium by induction heating, the pressing member including a center heater and a side heater that heat a center portion and both side portions thereof in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the printing medium integrated therein.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090257769A1 FIXING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2009-10-15
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