Fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same
US6631253B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 19, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2041
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing device for fixing a toner image formed on a recording medium conveyed to a nip for fixation of the present invention includes a rotary body, a stationary heating member not forming the nip, a fixing belt passed over the rotary body and heating member, and a pressing member held in contact with the fixing belt. A resistance heating body is formed on the heating member with the intermediary of an electric insulation layer.
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