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US 2017/0364004 A1Published application
Heater and fixing apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Hokuto Electronics Corporation
InventorOsamu TAKAGI
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a heater includes an insulator substrate, a heat generating section in which a plurality of divided regions are formed in a longitudinal direction on a first surface of the insulator substrate, electrodes formed at both end portions of the heat generating section to correspond to the plurality of divided regions, and electric conductors connected to at least one of the electrodes and formed over a surface different from the first surface of the insulator substrate.
Claims10
A heater comprising:
- an insulator substrate;
- a heat generating section in which a plurality of divided regions are formed in a longitudinal direction on a first surface of the insulator substrate;
- electrodes formed at both end portions of the heat generating section to correspond to the plurality of divided regions;
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- electric conductors connected to at least one of the electrodes and formed over a surface different from the first surface of the insulator substrate.
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A fixing apparatus comprising:
- an endless rotating body;
- a heater including an insulator substrate, a heat generating section in which a plurality of divided regions are formed in a longitudinal direction on a first surface of the insulator substrate, electrodes formed at both end portions of the heat generating section to correspond to the plurality of divided regions, and electric conductors connected to at least one of the electrodes and formed over a surface different from the first surface of the insulator substrate, the heater being provided on an inner side of the endless rotating body;
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- a pressurizing body opposed to the heater across the endless rotating body and configured to form a nip for pressing a recoding medium in conjunction with the endless rotating body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.