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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2018
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yukihiro Aikawa, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressing member and a heater. The heater includes a center heating part, end heating parts, a common electrode, a first individual electrode and a second individual electrode. The center heating part is divided into 2n (n≥2) center heating elements at intervals in the width direction. The center heating elements each has electrodes on both end faces in a conveyance direction and are connected between the common electrode and the first individual electrode in series. Each of the end heating parts is divided into n end heating elements at intervals in the width direction. The end heating elements each has electrodes on both end faces in the conveyance direction and are connected between the common electrode and the second individual electrode in series.