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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2014
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Toyokawa, JP;
Isao Watanabe, Toyohashi, JP;
Yasutaka Tanimura, Nara, JP;
Hiroshi Hiraguchi, Toyokawa, JP;
Mineo Yamamoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Toshinori Inomoto, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device thermally fixes an unfixed image onto a sheet through heat of a heating body that is heated through electromagnetic induction, the fixing device including an excitation coil generating flux for heating the heating body; one or more core members disposed opposite the heating body with respect to the excitation coil; a thermo-electric conversion element disposed farther from the excitation coil than the core members; and a thermally conductive member connected to the excitation coil and to a heat-absorbing face of the thermo-electric conversion element, transferring heat from the excitation coil to the thermo-electric conversion element.