Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing unit and image forming apparatus including the same
- Patent Title (中): 固定单元和包括该固定单元的成像设备
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Application No.: US12141373Application Date: 2008-06-18
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Publication No.: US07769334B2Publication Date: 2010-08-03
- Inventor: Ae Rook Kim
- Applicant: Ae Rook Kim
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-Si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-Si
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR10-2007-0100475 20071005
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus capable of quickly heating a fixing belt with a simple configuration and stably maintaining the temperature of the fixing belt includes a fixing unit having a fixing belt, a fixing roller which supports a portion of the fixing belt and has a first heat source disposed therein, a heat transfer member which supports another portion of the fixing belt and transfers heat to the fixing belt, a pressing member which forms a fixing nip through which the fixing belt circulates, and a second heat source which is disposed outside the fixing roller and the heat transfer member and inside the fixing belt. The second heat source is disposed to heat at least two of the fixing belt, the fixing roller, and the heat transfer member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090092424A1 FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2009-04-09
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