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Fixing apparatus and an image formation apparatus

US7266336B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 11, 2005
Grant dateSep 4, 2007
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/20
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fixing apparatus and an image formation apparatus therewith are disclosed. According to the fixing apparatus, a heating range that is heated by electromagnetic induction caused by a current flowing through a coil unit is finely tunable by covering a part of a core unit with a shielding member. Further, the core unit has a projecting section at an end of the core unit, which projecting section projects toward the coil unit in comparison with the central part of the core unit.

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