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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2001
Fixing device having connection member for supplying ac current to an electromagnetic induction coil
Satoshi Kinouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Hisaaki Kawano, Chigasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Nakayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Takano, Tokyo, JP;
Taizo Kimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Umezawa, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiko Ogura, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrophotographic fixing device allowing a flow of an AC current through an electromagnetic induction coil arranged close to a heating roller having a metal layer formed of a conductor and allowing the heat generation of the heating roller to heat a to-be-fixed members. The fixing device comprises a circuit board for outputting the AC current from an output terminal and passing the current through the electromagnetic induction coil. A connection plate having a thickness twice or more the current penetration depth and having one end side fixed by a fastening screw to the output terminal of the circuit board, and a male-side connection terminal provided on the other end of the plate metal. A female-side connection terminal provided at an end of a leader line of the electromagnetic induction coil is detachably connected to the male-side connection terminal.