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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
May. 26, 2011
Takayuki Ito, Nagoya, JP;
Shoichi Yoshikawa, Okazaki, JP;
Kuniya Matsuura, Toyohashi, JP;
Noboru Oomoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Masayuki Satou, Toyohashi, JP;
Takayuki Ito, Nagoya, JP;
Shoichi Yoshikawa, Okazaki, JP;
Kuniya Matsuura, Toyohashi, JP;
Noboru Oomoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Masayuki Satou, Toyohashi, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fusing apparatus allows a recording member to pass through between a heat member and a pressure member, to transport and heat the recording member, and thereby fuses a toner image on the recording member. The fusing apparatus includes a temperature detector for detecting a surface temperature of the heat member in a non-contact manner. A surface of the heat member is configured such that a region of the surface all around a cylindrical configuration that faces a temperature detection area of the temperature detector has a higher emissivity than other regions.