Induction heating type fusing device and image forming apparatus employing the same
US8811877B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 13, 2013 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2022
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An induction heating type fusing device and an image forming apparatus including the fusing device. The fusing device includes a magnetic flux generator and a compressing roller outside a fusing belt, first and second fusing rollers and a nip guide inside the fusing belt. The compressing roller compresses against the first and second fusing rollers and the nip guide to form nips, while the fusing belt is disposed between the compressing roller and the first and second fusing rollers and the nip guide.
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