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US 5,401,936 AGranted
Heating apparatus using heater having heat-resistive resin layer
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKensaku Kusaka, Akira Yamamoto, Shigeo Kimura, Atsushi Hosoi
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Abstract
A heating apparatus includes a heater; a film in slidable contact with the heater and movable together with a recording material carrying an image, such that the image is heated by heat from the heater through the film. The heater is provided with a heat resistive resin layer for sliding contact with the film.
Claims14
A heating apparatus, comprising:
- a heater comprising a heat generating resistor element generating heat upon electric power supply thereto and a protection layer covering said heat generating resistor element;
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- a film in slidable contact with said protection layer and movable together with a recording material carrying thereon an image, wherein the image is heated by heat from said heat generating resistor element through said film, and wherein said protection layer is made of a resin material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.