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7356299 Fusing roller and fusing apparatus having the same  
A fusing roller and a fusing apparatus having the fusing roller are provided, wherein the fusing roller includes a coil unit, which generates resistive heat and an alternating magnetic flux in...
7349660 Low mass fuser apparatus with substantially uniform axial temperature distribution  
An energy transfer device may include a fuser roll, a pressure roll, the pressure roller and the fuser roll being part of a marking system, and a heat pipe, the heat pipe being in contact with at...
7349661 Fusing roller and fusing apparatus using the same  
A fusing roller and a fusing apparatus using the same are provided. The fusing roller includes a coil unit resistance heated by a predetermined alternating current, and generating an alternating...
7343131 Fixing device having a pressure roller and image forming device equipped with the same  
A fixing device is provided with a heat roller ( 18 ) and a pressure roller ( 19 ) having a shaft ( 24 ) and an elastic layer ( 25 ) formed on a periphery thereof and being in pressurized contact...
7340207 Fusing roller and fusing apparatus adopting the same  
A fusing roller and a fusing apparatus using the same are provided. The fusing roller includes a coil unit resistance heated by a predetermined alternating current, and an alternating magnetic flux...
7336405 Thermal fixing device for controlling the temperature of a heat member to melt toner on a recording sheet  
A thermal fixing device for fixing toner images onto recording sheets includes a heat member, a pressing member, a temperature sensor, a clock, and a control unit. The control unit performs a toner...
7333760 Fixing device with temperature control  
A fixing device including a magnetic field generating device to generate a magnetic field, a fixing member to heat a recording material by heat generated in a first recording material passing area...
7330687 Image fixing unit having preheating means for image forming apparatus and image fixing method using the same  
An image fixing unit for a wet image forming apparatus comprises a fixing section and a preheating means. The fixing section has a first fixing roller, and a second fixing roller which rotates in...
7327978 Heat pipe fusing member  
A fusing member is formed from an evacuable inner tube with a cylindrical wall. The evacuable inner tube is inserted into an outer tube and the inner tube is pressurized to expand the inner tube...
7327967 Image heating apparatus with variable timing  
In a construction wherein at the start of fixing, a pressure belt is brought into contact with a fixing roller at uniform timing, it has sometimes been the case that the temperature of the pressure...
7326890 Image heating apparatus with movable electroconductive member  
An image heating apparatus for heating an image on a recording material has a magnetic flux generator for generating a magnetic flux; a heat generation member for generating heat by the magnetic...
7326508 Image forming method  
An image forming method, including forming an unfixed toner image on the surface of paper by an electrophotographic process using a developer containing a toner, and fixing the toner image on the...
7324778 Fixing device including heating roller and pressure roller  
A fixing device wherein supposing that the total load given to a heating roller and a pressure roller is W (kgf) and the area of the pressure contact portion of the heating roller with respect to...
7321738 Fixing apparatus with current control to heater  
A fixing apparatus has a first heating member and a second heating member provided in a heating portion, and a current control unit which controls an AC current to be supplied to the heating...
7317893 Heating roller, heating device and image forming apparatus  
A heating roller is constituted by an elastic roller AA in which an elastic thermal insulation layer is formed, and an endless cylindrical member BB in which a releasing layer is formed on a...
7305208 Image heating apparatus with discharge occurring between a charge eliminating member and a pressure roller  
The image heating apparatus for heating a toner image formed on a recording material, includes a rotatable member, a pressure roller which contacts with the rotatable member, wherein the recording...
7299002 Heater, and image forming apparatus, heating method incorporating same  
A fixer (heater) includes a heat roller and a pressure roller pressing each other. The fixer heats a heated material by passing the heated material through a press region where the heat roller and...
7294810 Heater, fixing device and image forming apparatus  
A heater includes: a hollow tube sealed hermetically and reduced in pressure, the interior of the hollow tube being divided by at least one partition wall into a plurality of regions arranged side...
7292801 Fixing device, fixing method, image forming apparatus, image forming method  
A fixing device including a rotation body and a facing unit configured to face the rotation body. The fixing device also includes a first heat unit configured to heat a nipping area that is formed...
7289758 Fixing device and an image forming apparatus using the same  
An image fixing unit includes a heating roller, a pressing roller forming a first fixing nip by contact with an outer surface of the heating roller, and a fixing nip expansion unit forming a second...
7283760 Variable nip pressure fusing system  
A fuser system of a xerographic device provides a fuser member, and a pressure member supported for pressure engagement with the fuser member. The pressure member includes an inner layer and an...
7283778 Image forming apparatus with heating member control based on door opening state and heating member position  
An image forming apparatus has a fixing unit for heat fixing an unfixed image formed on a recording material at a nip, with the fixing unit having a rotary fixing member disposed for contacting...
7283145 Image heating apparatus and heater therefor  
The n image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material, includes a heater including a substrate, and plural heat generating resistors formed on the substrate along a...
7283763 Fixing apparatus, and image forming apparatus  
Disclosed is a fixing apparatus which includes a first rotatable member having an endless configuration, and a second rotatable member in pressure contact with the first rotatable member which...
7283757 Fixing device for use in an image forming apparatus  
A fixing device has a fixing belt, a trembler coil for heating the fixing belt with magnetic flux, a ferrite core around which the trembler coil is wound, and a heater for heating the ferrite core....
7279663 Fixing device using induction heating and method for producing same  
A fixing device includes a heating roller which is made of a magnetic metal, a coil which is made of a plurality of twisted wires, an exciting circuit which applies a high-frequency current to the...
7280793 Fuser arranged for braking and an image forming device including the same  
A fuser assembly includes a pressure member motion speed reduction device which slows the pressure member speed when the printed paper lead edge exits the nip. The temporarily slower pressure...
7274903 Integrated fuser unit and drive system for use in an electrophotographic imaging process  
An integrated fuser unit has a drive system with a motor and a drive train mounted in the fuser unit frame. A swing arm assembly engages and disengages the hot roll from the drive train.
7271371 Magnetic flux image heating apparatus with shaped heat rotation member  
A fixation apparatus having a good fixability in its longitudinal direction and an image forming apparatus are provided. The fixation apparatus includes an electromagnetic induction heating member...
7268326 Magnetic flux driven heat generation member with magnetic flux adjusting means  
An electromagnetic induction heating apparatus capable of uniformize a temperature distribution in a longitudinal direction of an induction heating member includes: an exciting coil (magnetic flux...
7268327 Induction heating apparatus with magnetic flux adjusting means  
A heating apparatus has an induction heat generation member for electromagnetic induction heat generation by the magnetic flux at a heating portion, wherein a material to be heated is introduced to...
7266339 Image-forming device  
In a fixing portion, a heating roller and a pressure roller are provided. An angle of separation θ (°), the temperature T HR (° C.) of the surface of the heating roller, the diameter D PR (mm)...
7262391 Image heating apparatus having a heat generation member generating heat by magnetic flux and heating an image on a recording material  
A heating apparatus, for heating a material P to be heated by heat from a heat generation member which has a predetermined curie temperature characteristic and generates heat by magnetic flux...
7263311 Pressure releasing device and image forming device  
A pressure releasing member, which rotates a pressure roller pressing member which presses a pressure roller in the direction toward a heat roller in a pressure releasing direction, is configured...
7257360 Induction heated heat pipe fuser with low warm-up time  
A fusing station ( 100 ) for fusing toner to an image receiving medium ( 102 ) includes: a fuser roller ( 120 ) configured as a heat pipe including a sealed hollow cavity ( 124 ) containing a...
7253378 Heat laminating a cover foil to a base foil  
A base sheet is spanned over a lower roller, and an upper roller pulls a cover sheet along a path and presses it against the base sheet at the lower roller. A preheater housing along the path...
7254362 Fixing device, image forming apparatus using the fixing device, and heat insulating member  
A fixing device containing at least one fixing member configured to fix a toner image on a transfer material, which includes a first substrate and a pressing member configured to form a nip with...
7251446 Fuser and image forming apparatus  
To control a surface temperature of a heating element to be an appropriate fusing temperature, a fuser comprises a supporter having a core metal at least, a heating element supported by the...
7251428 Image forming apparatus with heating rotatable member and reset control means for interrupting a currently executing image formation job  
An image forming apparatus has an image forming unit; a heating rotatable member; a magnetic flux generator for generating a magnetic flux for induction heat generation in the heating rotatable...
7242881 Image forming apparatus having advanced fixing system  
An image forming apparatus including: a fixing device for fixing a toner image formed on a recording medium onto the recording medium, the fixing device comprising a first fixing member equipped...
7242895 Image heating apparatus having a flexible sleeve  
An object of the present invention is to provide an image heating apparatus having a flexible sleeve of an excellent durability. To this end, an image heating apparatus according to the present...
7238924 Magnetic flux image heating apparatus with control of movement of magnetic flux shield  
An image heating apparatus includes a heating rotatable member for heating an image on a recording material in a heating nip; a magnetic flux generator for generating a magnetic flux for induction...
7239837 Fixing apparatus  
The present invention provides a fixing apparatus includes a fixing roller 12 , a heating source 14 for allowing the outer peripheral surface of the fixing roller 12 to have a given...
7236732 Toner image fixing apparatus having concentrated area heating  
An apparatus is provided for fixing a toner image to a substrate including: a fixing member having a central axis and inner and outer surfaces; a heating element disposed within the fixing member...
7233764 Fixing device in image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus with fixing device  
A fixing device includes: a fixing belt member configured to be endless and rotatable; driving force transmission members that are disposed on respective ends of the fixing belt member, and...
7232977 Fusing device  
Disclosed herein is an induction heating type fusing device for fixing toner image on a transfer material. The fusing device includes an exciting coil that induces induction magnetic field by...
7228098 Fusing assembly having a temperature equalizing device  
A fusing assembly includes (a) a first member having a first edge, a second edge and an end-to-end axis; (b) a second member having a fusing surface forming a fusing nip with the first member, and...
7224922 Image fixing apparatus capable of changing surface condition of fixing rotary member and fixing rotary member for use therein  
A fixing apparatus including a rotatable member, a heater for heating the rotatable member, and control means which controls heat generation of the heater, wherein a toner image on a recording...
7221896 Fixing device for fixing an unfixed developing agent on a recording medium and image forming apparatus including the same  
A fixing device of the present invention includes a pressure roller and a peeling roller both of which press a heat roller. The pressure roller is disposed upstream to the peeling roller in a...
7218885 Fixing apparatus  
A fixing roller has a heat source therein and has a rubber layer on an outer periphery of a metal pipe. Hardness of the fixing roller is set to a range from 70° to 85° (ASKER C). A pressing...