Fixing unit and image forming apparatus providing a quick start-up and reduction in energy consumption
US7299003B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 28, 2005 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2032
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing belt is heated by electromagnetic induction. The fixing belt has a heat generating layer that has a thickness not greater than 40 μm and a releasing layer that has a thickness not less than 10 μm. A toner that includes at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a mold releasing agent, and has a glass transition temperature in a range of 35° C. to 50° C. and an outflow-start temperature in a range of 80° C. to 110° C., is used.
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