Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device controlling frequency of AC current caused to flow through helical coil causing electroconductive layer of rotatable member to generate heat through electromagnetic induction
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置控制交流电流的频率流过螺旋线圈,从而使可旋转部件的导电层通过电磁感应产生热量
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Application No.: US14837555Application Date: 2015-08-27
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Publication No.: US09436140B2Publication Date: 2016-09-06
- Inventor: Hideaki Yonekubo , Hisashi Nakahara
- 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: JP2014-173914 20140828
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes: a rotatable member; a helical coil; a magnetic core; and a controller for controlling the frequency of an AC current caused to flow through the coil. The AC current is caused to flow through the coil to cause an electroconductive layer of the rotatable member to generate heat through electromagnetic induction heating, thereby heating and fixing the toner image on the recording material by heat of the rotatable member. The controller controls the frequency in a period so that when the frequency is f and a resistance of the electroconductive layer with respect to a circumferential direction is R, f/R is substantially constant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160062285A1 FIXING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-03-03
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