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US 9,753,420 B1Granted
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasuhiro Uehara, Kazuyoshi Itoh
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Abstract
A fixing device includes an endless belt, a planar heater, a thermal fuse element, and an elastic member. The belt fixes a toner image to a recording medium. The heater heats the endless belt. The thermal fuse element has ends, has a length equal to or larger than an image forming width of the toner image formed on the recording medium, and is in contact with the heater. The elastic member supports at least one of the ends of the thermal fuse element.
Claims5
A fixing device comprising:
- an endless belt that fixes a toner image to a recording medium;
- a planar heater that heats the endless belt;
- a thermal fuse element that has ends, that has a length equal to or larger than an image forming width of the toner image formed on the recording medium, and that is in contact with the heater;
- and
- an elastic member that supports at least one of the ends of the thermal fuse element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.