Fixing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorTatsuya YAMANAKA
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Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a planer heater, a heater holder, a connector, and an insulation sheet. The fixing belt is cylindrical. The planar heater generates heat when an electrode is powered. The heater holder supports the planar heater in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt. The connector is attached along a direction along a surface of the planar heater so as to hold the heater holder and the planar heater, and has a contact terminal electrically connected to the electrode. The insulation sheet has an opening for passing the contact terminal and covers the electrode of the planar heater.
Claims6
A fixing device comprising:
- a cylindrical fixing belt;
- a planar heater which generates heat when an electrode is powered;
- a heater holder which supports the planar heater in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt;
- a connector which is attached along a direction along a surface of the planar heater so as to hold the heater holder and the planar heater, and has a contact terminal electrically connected to the electrode;
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- an insulation sheet which has an opening for passing the contact terminal and covers the electrode of the planar heater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.