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Heating device for image fixing

US9766577B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 18, 2012
Grant dateSep 19, 2017
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/2035
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A heating device which has power-supply electrodes concentratedly arranged in one longitudinal end of a substrate. The substrate is disposed in a manner contained in a fixing film. An inner heating resistor formed by at least one heating resistor disposed in a manner substantially symmetrical with respect to a reference position in a lateral direction of the substrate, and an outer heating resistor formed by a plurality of heating resistors disposed farther from the reference position in the lateral direction of the substrate than the inner heating resistor is and arranged in a manner substantially symmetrical with respect to the reference position. Power-supply electrodes connected to the inner heating resistor and power-supply electrodes connected to the outer heating resistor are all disposed in the one longitudinal end of the substrate.

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