Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with induction heating type fixing unit
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Application No.: US13896687Application Date: 2013-05-17
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Publication No.: US08606161B2Publication Date: 2013-12-10
- Inventor: Yuzuru Nanjo , Tamami Asari
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agent Gerald E. Hespos; Michael J. Porco; Matthew T. Hespos
- Priority: JP2008-196801 20080730
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing unit of an image forming apparatus includes a coil arranged along an outer surface of the heating member and generating a magnetic field, a first core arranged opposite the heating member with respect to the coil and forming a magnetic path, a second core so fixed between the first core and the heating member with respect to a direction in which the coil generates the magnetic field, as to form the magnetic path together with the first core, a shielding member positioned outward of the second core and shielding the magnetism in the magnetic path, and a magnetism adjusting unit moving the shielding member outward of the second core to switch the position of the shielding member between a shielding position where the shielding member shields the pass of the magnetism and a retracted position where the shielding member permits the pass of the magnetism.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130251423A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-09-26
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