Fixing apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9250582
APP PUB NO 20150139707A1
SERIAL NO

14539851

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A fixing apparatus configured to heat a recording material having a toner image formed thereon and fix the toner image fixing on the recording material comprising: a film; a heater configured to contact the film, the heater including a substrate and a heat generation resistor formed on the substrate; a thermal conduction member configured to contact a surface of the heater opposite to a surface of the heater that contacts the film, the thermal conduction member having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the substrate; and a pressurizing roller configured to form a pressing portion with the heater via the film, wherein the thermal conduction member contacts the heater so as not to overlap with an end region of the heat generation resistor in a longitudinal direction of the heat generation member.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ikegami, Shoichiro Yokohama, JP 24 97
Nakada, Takeharu Kawasaki, JP 10 21
Omata, Masahito Yokohama, JP 22 200
Suzumi, Masahiko Yokohama, JP 36 533
Taguchi, Sho Yokohama, JP 23 79

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