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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Kenji Asakura, Kyoto, JP;
Noboru Katakabe, Uji, JP;
Keisuke Fujimoto, Hirakata, JP;
Masaru Imai, Hirakata, JP;
Noriyuki Tajima, Hirakata, JP;
Inventors:
Kenji Asakura, Kyoto, JP;
Noboru Katakabe, Uji, JP;
Keisuke Fujimoto, Hirakata, JP;
Masaru Imai, Hirakata, JP;
Noriyuki Tajima, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fixing unit is provided with a fixing belt that heats recording paper that bears and moves a toner image, an exciting coil that generates magnetic flux in the fixing belt and causes the fixing belt to produce heat by electromagnetic induction, and a heat production adjustment section that adjusts the calorific value distribution of the fixing belt by adjusting the magnetic flux acting upon the fixing belt.