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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigehiro Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Matsunaga, Yokosuka, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Lighting & Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219216 ; 219543 ;
Abstract
A thermal fixing apparatus including a heater and a pressure roller pressed against the heater. The heater has a substrate, an electrical heating element mounted on the substrate and a protective layer covering the electrical heating element, the protective layer having a concave contacting edge. The pressure roller is fitted against the concave contacting edge of the protective layer of the heater.