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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:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
May. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
Abstract
An image fixing apparatus has a magnetic field generating unit for generating a magnetic flux; a heating member generating heat by induction heating by the magnetic flux generated by the magnetic field generating unit; and a blocking plate, disposed for movement between the magnetic field generating unit and the heating member, for blocking the magnetic flux from the magnetic field generating means, wherein the blocking plate comprises an electroconductive member having a thickness of 0.1-2 mm.