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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
May. 22, 2008
Dong-jin Seol, Suwon-si, KR;
Hwan-hee Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hwan-guem Kim, Seoul, KR;
Tae-gyu Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Su-ho Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;
Dong-jin Seol, Suwon-si, KR;
Hwan-hee Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hwan-guem Kim, Seoul, KR;
Tae-gyu Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Su-ho Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A fusing apparatus includes a heating unit to generate heat to fuse an image onto a printing medium, a pressurizing roller that faces and contacts the heating unit having an endless fusing film that is rotated while facing and contacting the pressurizing roller and presses the printing medium toward the heating unit, a nip forming member including a main body formed inside the fusing film to surround a heat source and contacts a portion of the fusing film to the pressurizing roller to form a nip. The fusing apparatus further includes a supporting member to support the nip forming member.