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US 2010/0166470 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus and fixing device
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShuji YOKOYAMA
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion to form an image on a sheet, a heating rotation portion to heat the sheet to fix the image on the sheet, and a coil to provide magnetic flux to the heating rotation portion, one end of the coil is closer to the heating rotation portion than another end of the coil in a direction of an axis of rotation of the heating rotation portion.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming portion to form an image on a sheet;
- a heating rotation portion to heat the sheet to fix the image on the sheet;
- and
- a coil to provide magnetic flux to the heating rotation portion, one end of the coil being closer to the heating rotation portion than another end of the coil in a direction of an axis of rotation of the heating rotation portion.
1 more element
An fixing device, comprising:
- a heating rotation portion to heat a sheet to fix an image on the sheet;
- and
- a coil to provide magnetic flux to the heating rotation portion, one end of the coil being closer to the heating rotation portion than another end of the coil in a direction of an axis of rotation of the heating rotation portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.