Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16509737Application Date: 2019-07-12
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Publication No.: US10768561B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Takashi Eiki , Hiroki Kawasaki , Atsushi Kohama , Yuhiro Sakai
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@5608d32c
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a cylindrical rotatable fixing belt, a flat heater, a safety device, a heater holding part and a pressuring member. The flat heater has a plurality of heat generating parts. The safety device is arranged across two adjacent heat generating parts to interrupt power supply to the heat generating parts in a case where temperature reaches a threshold value. The heater holding part holds the flat heater so that the flat heater comes into contact with an inner circumference face of the fixing belt. The pressuring member sandwiches the fixing belt with the flat heater to form a pressuring area for sandwiching and conveying a sheet between the fixing belt and the pressuring roller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200019099A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-01-16
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