Fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same
US8285185B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 1, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 13, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2048
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
To enhance the fixing quality of a fixing device to continuously fix sheets of a plurality of sizes, a carbon nanotube sheet 75, in which a plurality of carbon nanotubes are arranged such that the longitudinal directions thereof are oriented in the same direction, is provided on the surface of a heating roller 70 so that the carbon nanotube sheet ranges from the position a predetermined distance inside and the position a predetermined distance outside of the position through which each of the both edges of a sheet P2 with smaller width dimension than a sheet P1 of the largest width dimension to be fixed passes.
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