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Fixing device for an image forming apparatus featuring a fixing belt and heating control

US5402220A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 1993
Grant dateMar 28, 1995
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/2038
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fixing device for an image forming apparatus and having a heating member facing a sheet transport path. The heating member has a number of heating portions which are separate in a direction perpendicular to an intended direction of sheet transport. The heating portions are selectively driven in matching relation to a toner image carried on a sheet.

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