Heating roller, method of producing the heating roller, and heating device, fixing device and image forming apparatus using the heating roller
US7107681B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 23, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49565
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A heating roller including a core of hollow cylinder form and wherein a thickness of the core is thicker in a center portion thereof than in both end portions thereof. Further, a heating device may have the heating roller, a fixing device may have the heating roller and the heating device, and an image forming apparatus may have the heating roller, the heating device and the fixing device.
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