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US 10,884,367 B2Granted
Heater and fixing device
AssigneesToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Toshiba Hokuto Electronics Corporation
InventorOsamu Takagi
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Abstract
There is provided a heater according to an embodiment including a heat generating unit configured to generate heat by electric conduction; and a plurality of electrodes configured to be respectively disposed at facing side edges of the heat generating unit so as to be electrically connected to the heat generating unit and at least one side of the side edges is formed by cutting out a part thereof.
Claims15
A heater comprising:
- a heat generating unit configured to generate heat by electric conduction;
- and
- a plurality of electrodes on at least one of opposite facing sides of the heat generating unit and electrically connected to the heat generating unit,
- wherein said at least one of opposite facing sides of the heat generating unit has groove portions, depths of which are different from each other.
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A fixing device comprising:
- a rotary body;
- a heat generating unit configured to generate heat by electric conduction and disposed at a position where heat is transmitted to the rotary body;
- and
- a plurality of electrodes on at least one of opposite facing sides of the heat generating unit and electrically connected to the heat generating unit,
- wherein said at least one of the opposite facing sides of the heat generating unit has groove portions, depths of which are different from each other.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a photoconductive drum;
- a charging device configured to charge a surface of the photoconductive drum;
- a developing device configured to develop an image on the surface of the photoconductive drum;
- and
- a fixing device configured to fix the image on a medium and including
- a rotary body,
- a heat generating unit configured to generate heat by electric conduction and disposed at a position where heat is transmitted to the rotary body, and
- a plurality of electrodes on at least one of opposite facing sides of the heat generating unit and electrically connected to the heat generating unit,
- wherein said at least one of the opposite facing sides of the heat generating unit has groove portions, depths of which are different from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.