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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2010
Sok Won Paik, Jeonju-si, KR;
An Sik Jeong, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Sok Won Paik, Jeonju-si, KR;
An Sik Jeong, Hwaseong-si, KR;
SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An induction heating type fusing device to reduce the size of an induction coil and an image forming apparatus having the same, and a control method thereof. The image forming apparatus includes a printing device to form an image on a recording medium, and a fusing device to fix the image to the recording medium. The fusing device includes a heating member arranged to transfer heat to the recording medium and having a main heater and a sub heater, and an induction coil having a width equal to or less than a width of the recording medium and arranged in an axial direction of the heating member to generate a magnetic field acting on the main heater. The sub heater is arranged inside the heating member to heat both ends of the main heater.
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