Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device, image forming apparatus and heat generating rotational body
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置,成像装置和发热旋转体
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Application No.: US13110057Application Date: 2011-05-18
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Publication No.: US08666268B2Publication Date: 2014-03-04
- Inventor: Isao Watanabe , Yasuhiro Ishihara , Toshiaki Tanaka , Kosuke Sasaki , Naoki Ohashi
- Applicant: Isao Watanabe , Yasuhiro Ishihara , Toshiaki Tanaka , Kosuke Sasaki , Naoki Ohashi
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2010-121581 20100527
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
The present invention provides a fixing device that can interrupt power supply to the resistive heat layer more reliably than the conventional technology, for example, at occurrence of abnormality. Electrodes 52a and 52b are provided on a circumferential surface of a fixing roller that includes a resistive heat layer that generates heat by receiving power supply, and power is supplied to the resistive heat layer when power supplying electrodes 54a and 54b that are electrically connected to an electric power source 55 are slidingly in contact with the electrodes 52a and 52b. An insulating tape 522a is attached on the electrode 52a, and the drive controller 59 rotates a motor 58 until the electrode 52a and the insulating tape 522a are in contact with each other, so that power supply to the resistive heat layer is interrupted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110293297A1 FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND HEAT GENERATING ROTATIONAL BODY Public/Granted day:2011-12-01
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