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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2023
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Sou Morizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Miyata, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoharu Nakao, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Koyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toko Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heating device is provided. The heating device includes a heating unit, heating a member to be heated, which is transported, and a contact portion of the heating unit contacting with the member to be heated; a heat pipe, having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end in a widthwise direction, and contacting with a portion of the heating unit different from the contact portion so as to extend in the widthwise direction crossing a transport direction of the member to be heated; a rotating body, rotating so as to press the member to be heated; and a power input unit, having a gear disposed on a second end side of the heat pipe and inputting a rotational force at least to the rotating body. The first end of the heat pipe has a thickness smaller than that of the second end.