Fixing unit having enhanced heating efficiency and image forming apparatus using the same
US7778581B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2014
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing unit includes: a shaft; a heatable rotating member, mounted for rotation on the shaft, for fixing an image on a recording medium, the heatable rotating member having a heat generating layer heatable via a magnetic flux; a magnetic flux generator configured to generate the magnetic flux, the magnetic flux generator being provided proximal to the heatable rotating member; and a supporting frame having a shaft supporter configured to support an end of the shaft on which the heatable rotating member is mounted, the shaft supporter being positioned outside of an end portion of the magnetic flux generator.
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