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US 2024/0201621 A1Published application
Heating device with thermometers and thermostats alternately arranged on a heat conductor
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuhiko KIKUCHI
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Abstract
A heating device includes a substrate, one or more heating elements arranged along the substrate, a heat conductor contacting the substrate, a plurality of thermometers each configured to measure a temperature of the heat conductor, and a plurality of thermostats each configured to measure a temperature of the heat conductor and interrupt electrical power supplied to the heating elements. The thermometers and the thermostats are alternately arranged in a longitudinal direction of the substrate.
Claims20
A heating device, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a heating element on the substrate;
- a heat conductor contacting the substrate;
- a plurality of thermometers;
- and
- a thermostat contacting the heat conductor and configured to interrupt electrical power supplied to the heating element, wherein
- the thermometers and the thermostat are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the substrate with the thermostat between adjacent two of the thermometers.
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An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming unit;
- and
- a heating device by which a sheet is heated and including:
- a substrate,
- a heating element on the substrate,
- a heat conductor contacting the substrate,
- a plurality of thermometers, and
- a thermostat contacting the heat conductor and configured to interrupt electrical power supplied to the heating element, wherein
- the thermometers and the thermostat are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the substrate with the thermostat between adjacent two of the thermometers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.