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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2012
Noboru Suzuki, Komaki, JP;
Kei Ishida, Nagoya, JP;
Takuji Matsuno, Ichinomiya, JP;
Hisashi Tsukawaki, Nagoya, JP;
Seiji Hiramatsu, Nagoya, JP;
Noboru Suzuki, Komaki, JP;
Kei Ishida, Nagoya, JP;
Takuji Matsuno, Ichinomiya, JP;
Hisashi Tsukawaki, Nagoya, JP;
Seiji Hiramatsu, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A fuser unit, which heat-fixes a developer image transferred on a recording sheet, the fuser unit includes: a cylindrical member having flexibility; a heat generation member that is arranged at an inside of the cylindrical member and generates radiation heat; a nip member that slidingly contacts an inner periphery of the cylindrical member; a first reflection member that extends along the heat generation member to corresponds with at least a range of a heat generation part of the heat generation member; a second reflection member that is arranged, at an outside of the heat generation member, to at least one of end sides of the first reflection member in the longitudinal direction, and a backup member that forms a nip region by nipping the cylindrical member between the nip member and the backup member, wherein the second reflection member is separated from the first reflection member.