Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus comprising a thermal fuse including a fuse element supported by an elastic member
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Application No.: US15431196Application Date: 2017-02-13
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Publication No.: US09885986B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Yasuhiro Uehara , Kazuyoshi Itoh
- Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Minato-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Minato-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2016-111177 20160602
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20
Abstract:
A fixing device includes a planar heating element and a thermal fuse. The planar heating element is configured to heat a fixing member that fixes a toner image to a recording medium. The thermal fuse includes a fuse element configured to be in contact with the heating element, and an elastic member configured to support the fuse element on a support body by a tension at which a fusing temperature of the fuse element is lower than a rated fusing temperature.
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