Fixing apparatus using induction heating system for image forming apparatus
US7672632B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2016
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A heat roller of a fixing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention has a slidable metal belt on an outer side of an elastic roller. The width of the metal belt is made larger than that of the elastic roller. Flanges, each of which regulates a sliding movement of the metal belt by being in contact with an edge of the metal belt, are provided on both sides of a press roller opposite the metal belt.
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