Fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same
US7369803B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 1, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 23, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2053
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing device for fixing image information on a recording medium passing a nip of the present invention includes a rotatable member for transferring and conveying a non-fixed image, a first heating means for heating an image present on the rotatable member and a rotatable pressing member forming a nip in combination with the rotatable member. A heat pipe extends in parallel to the axis of the rotatable member. A radiating member is positioned at one end of the heat pipe while a heating member is positioned at the other end of the heat pipe.
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