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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2018
Applicants:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuki Kawashima, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignees:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 9/087 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 9/08766 (2013.01); G03G 15/2039 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2003 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing apparatus includes a fixing belt and an induced current generation section. The fixing belt includes a conductive layer. The induced current generation section faces the fixing belt. The induced current generation section includes a coil and a magnetic body. The coil generates a magnetic flux. The magnetic body faces the fixing belt across the coil. In the magnetic body, a part facing an end in a width direction of the fixing belt is set as a movable magnetic body capable of moving in a width direction.