US 2019/0294088 A1Published application

Fuser device and image forming apparatus

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

InventorsShanying PAN, Takayuki MASUNAGA

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Abstract

A fuser device according to an embodiment includes a substrate, a first conductor, second conductors, a first wire, second wires, heating elements, and a roller. The first conductor extends in a first direction. The second conductors are apart from the first conductor in a second direction that is along a surface of the substrate and intersects the first direction, and are aligned with spacing in the first direction. At least one of the second conductors is provided with an opening. The first wire on the surface connected to the first conductor. The second wires on the surface are apart from the first wire and connected to the second conductors. The heating elements are apart from the second wires, apart from one another, and connected to the second conductors and the first conductor. The heating elements each generate heat by an applied current.

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Dependent claims

A fuser device, comprise:

a substrate;
a first conductor that extends in a first direction;
a plurality of second conductors that are apart from the first conductor in a second direction, and aligned with spacing in the first direction, at least one of the second conductors being provided with an opening, the second direction being along one surface of the substrate and intersecting the first direction;
a first wire that is laid on the surface and connected to the first conductor;
a plurality of second wires that is laid on the surface, apart from the first wire, and connected to the second conductors;
a plurality of heating elements that is apart from the second wires, apart from one another, connected to the second conductors and the first conductor, and generates heat when applied with current;
and
a roller that applies pressure to a medium on which a toner image is generated, the medium being heated by at least one of the heating elements.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.