Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image fixing apparatus
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Application No.: US15371837Application Date: 2016-12-07
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Publication No.: US10012935B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Yuki Nishizawa , Seiji Obata , Hirotomo Tamiya
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2015-239272 20151208
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image fixing apparatus includes a cylindrical rotatable member including an electroconductive layer and having a hole at least at one of longitudinal end portions, a driving member engaged with the longitudinal end portion to rotate the rotatable member and including a claw engaged with the hole, a coil provided inside the rotatable member for forming an alternating magnetic field for heat generation of the electroconductive layer, and a magnetic core. The rotatable member generates heat by a current flowing in a circumferential direction of the rotatable member induced in the electroconductive layer in the magnetic field. The rotatable member is provided with a slot at the longitudinal end, the slot being disposed at a position different from a position of the hole with respect to the circumferential direction of the rotatable member and overlapping the hole with respect to a longitudinal direction of the rotatable member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170160682A1 IMAGE FIXING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
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