Heating apparatus, sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
US7095976B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 4, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus is provided with a sheet stacking device for stacking sheets thereon, a sheet feeding device for feeding the sheets stacked on the sheet stacking device, and a heating device for heating the sheets stacked on the sheet stacking device. The heating device is designed such that of the heat generating areas of the heating device, the heating value of the heat generating area for the central portion of the sheets stacked on the sheet stacking device is greater than the heating values of the other heat generating areas.
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