Induction fixing device with magnetic member including a mesh part
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShuji Yokoyama
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a fixing belt, an induction current generating part and an auxiliary heat generation part. The fixing belt includes a conductive layer. The induction current generating part faces the fixing belt in a thickness direction. The induction current generating part heats the conductive layer by electromagnetic induction. The auxiliary heat generation part faces the induction current generating part through the fixing belt. The auxiliary heat generation part includes a magnetic member. The magnetic member includes a mesh part. The mesh part has a mesh shape when viewed from the thickness direction of the fixing belt.
Claims12
A fixing device comprising:
- a fixing belt including a conductive layer;
- an induction current generating part which faces the fixing belt in a thickness direction and heats the conductive layer by electromagnetic induction;
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- an auxiliary heat generation part which faces the induction current generating part through the fixing belt and includes a magnetic member, in which
- the magnetic member includes a mesh part having a mesh shape when viewed from the thickness direction of the fixing belt, the mesh part having a plurality of opening parts opening when viewed from the thickness direction of the fixing belt, wherein the auxiliary heat generation part assists heating the conductive layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.