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Induction-heating fusion device

US6320168A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Filing dateJul 11, 2000
Grant dateNov 20, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 11, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/2053
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention has an object to provide an induction-heating fusion device which is capable of stabilizing the fusing temperature over the entire width of a sheet therethrough by inhibiting an excessive temperature rise in a sheet-nonpassing zone defined when a small-size sheet is subjected to fusion. The induction-heating fusion device according to the present invention includes an iron core 17 forming a closed magnetic circuit, a main induction coil 14a wound around the iron core 17 for generating a magnetic flux which causes an electrically conductive member to generate an induction current circumferentially thereof, and at least one induction sub-coil 14b provided on an end portion of the main coil for generating a magnetic flux which causes the electrically conductive member to generate an induction current circumferentially thereof.

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