Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US14314112Application Date: 2014-06-25
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Publication No.: US09128449B2Publication Date: 2015-09-08
- Inventor: Masataka Akaishi , Tsuyoshi Ueno , Motokazu Hasegawa , Yuuki Oka
- Applicant: Masataka Akaishi , Tsuyoshi Ueno , Motokazu Hasegawa , Yuuki Oka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2013-140726 20130704
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a heating body; first and second coils for induction heating that heat the heating body by an induction heating method; a first switching element connected to the first coil for induction heating; a second switching element connected to the second coil for induction heating; a driving signal transmission unit that sends a first drive signal to the first switching element and a second drive signal to the second switching element so that the first switching element and the second switching element operate at the same timing to apply a first input voltage to the first coil for induction heating and a second input voltage to the second coil for induction heating; and a voltage drop unit that steps down the first input voltage applied to the first coil for induction heating so that the first input voltage is lower than the second input voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150010319A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-01-08
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