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US 2006/0076345 A1Published application
Fusing device
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorMiho Yamano
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an induction heating type fusing device for fixing toner image on a transfer material, comprising an exciting coil that induces induction magnetic field by applying AC current; a hollow heating member installed near the exciting coil; multiple magnetic members mounted inside the heating member in the longitudinal direction; and a drive section that moves the multiple magnetic members in accordance with the width of transfer material to be fixed.
Claims9
A fusing device comprising:
- an exciting coil that induces induction magnetic field by applying AC current;
- a hollow heating member installed near the exciting coil;
- multiple magnetic members mounted inside the heating member in the longitudinal direction;
- and
- a drive section that moves the multiple magnetic members in accordance with the width of transfer material to be fixed.
2 more elements
A fusing device according to claim 6, further equipped with
- a pressing roller that presses the fixing roller via the fixing belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.