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US 2019/0171146 A1Published application
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.
Claims20
A heater comprising:
- a heat generating unit;
- a plurality of electrodes on opposing first and second sides of the heat generating unit and electrically connected to the heat generating unit;
- and
- a plurality of first groove portions extending partially through the heat generating unit on the first side and towards the second side.
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A heater comprising:
- a heat generating unit configured to generate heat by electric conduction;
- and
- a plurality of electrodes on opposite facing sides of the heat generating unit and electrically connected to the heat generating unit, wherein at least one groove portion is formed on at least one of the opposite facing sides.
A fixing device comprising:
- a rotary body;
- a heat generating unit extending in a direction orthogonal to a transporting direction of a medium and disposed inside the rotary body to heat the rotary body, wherein at least two sides of the heat generating unit face each other substantially in the transporting direction;
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- a plurality of electrodes on the two sides of the heat generating unit, wherein two or more of the electrodes formed on one of the two sides are separated by one or more groove portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.