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Heater, image heating device with the heater and image forming apparatus therein

US8653422B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 3, 2010
Grant dateFeb 18, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B2203/016
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The heater is capable of improving heat generation uniformity in a sheet feeding area while suppressing the temperature rise of a non-sheet feeding portion. Each of heat generation lines includes a plurality of heat blocks in which a plurality of heat generating resistors are electrically connected in parallel between two conductive members. The heat generation lines are arranged in a lateral direction of the substrate, and the heat blocks are arranged so that the end of the heat block in the heat generation line of a first row does not overlap with the end of the heat block in the heat generation line of a second row in a longitudinal direction of a heater.

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