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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Chie Miyauchi, Odawara Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2057 (2013.01); G03G 15/206 (2013.01); G03G 15/2053 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heater is to face a pressure element via a belt and is to heat the belt. The pressure element sandwiches and conveys a sheet together with the belt. The heater includes a heat generating element, a couple of electrodes, and a protective layer. there are the electrodes on both sides of the heat generating element in a conveyance direction of the sheet. Both sides of the heat generating element in the conveyance direction are connected to adjacent electrodes.