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Heating device and image formation apparatus

US7805102B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 4, 2007
Grant dateSep 28, 2010
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/2093
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

On a sliding surface of a heating support body positioned in a downstream side in a film body moving direction wherein the heating temperature is comparatively high and the fluidity of a lubricant agent is good, fluid guiding grooves which uniformly disperse the lubricant agent are provided, thereby well dispersing the lubricant agent over the entire region from a center region to both-end regions of the heating support body and the film body and maintaining good slidability of the film body over a long period of time.

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