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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:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219216 ; 219543 ; 399329 ;
Abstract
An image heating device of film heating type is provided with a heater, and a film which is moved while one surface thereof contacts the heater, and the other surface thereof contacts a recording member which supports an image. The heater is provided with a resistor for generating heat upon energization, and an energization electrode arranged to alternately have different polarities in a direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the recording member.