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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiromitsu Hirabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kensaku Kusaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Arai, Kasukabe, JP;
Yoshiaki Takayanagi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; H05B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219216 ; 399329 ; 219388 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus contains a heater and a sheet movable with a recording material in sliding contact with the heater, wherein the image is heated by heat from the heater through the sheet. The heater has an electrically insulative member, a heat generating resistor arranged on the electrically insulative member in a direction crossing with a movement direction of the sheet, an electrode for supplying electric power to the resistor and a protection layer covering the heat generating resistors, and in sliding contact with the sheet.