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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2018
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Narumi Nozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuaki Ilkura, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heating unit includes a first rotatable member that generates heat; a second rotatable member that forms, in combination with the first rotatable member, a nip area through which sheets of different sizes pass one by one; a housing that supports the first and second rotatable members such that the first and second rotatable members are rotatable; an electronic component that is fixed to the housing and includes a portion that overlaps a smallest one of the sheets passing through the nip area in terms of a position in a long-side direction of the nip area; and an other member that is provided between the first rotatable member and the electronic component.