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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsuro Ito, Anjo, JP;
Yuusuke Morigami, Toyohashi, JP;
Taizou Oonishi, Toyokawa, JP;
Eiji Okabayashi, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399328 ; 219216 ; 399330 ; 399331 ;
Abstract
In a fixing apparatus having a flexible metal fixing sleeve provided around a holder, which holds a coil inside, and heated by induction current of the coil, and a pressure roller that pinches the fixing sleeve between it and the holder by pressing on the holder, the following relation is satisfied: