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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1995
Filed:
May. 14, 1991
Toshio Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An improved image heating apparatus using a plasma lamp is disclosed. The apparatus comprises at least one rotary elliptical mirror having a reflection surface of a rotary elliptical body at the inside; a plasma lamp disposed at a first focal point of the rotary elliptical mirror; a member for supporting the plasma lamp; an electric wave shielding member provided inside the rotary elliptical mirror; a cavity resonator defined by the rotary elliptical mirror and the electric wave shielding member, and adapted to accommodate the plasma lamp; a high frequency oscillator adapted to supply electromagnetic wave to the cavity resonator via a wave guide; and a test sample disposed at a second focal point of the rotary elliptical mirror.