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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2010
Applicant:
Jin Sung Lee, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Jin Sung Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fusing device to improve an amount of heat to a recording medium, and an image forming apparatus having the same, includes a heating unit having a heat source and a press roller arranged to come into contact with and to press an outer circumferential surface of the heating unit so as to define a fusing nip. The press roller includes an elastic layer and at least one heating element contained in the elastic layer to allow generation of heat from the interior of the elastic layer. The heating element may include heating particles dispersed in the elastic layer, or may be a sheet type heating element inserted in the elastic layer.