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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); H05B 3/00 (2006.01); H05B 3/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 15/2039 (2013.01); H05B 3/0014 (2013.01); H05B 3/03 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heating device includes a belt member, plural heating elements, and plural resistance elements. The belt member is rotated. The plural heating elements are arranged in a width direction of the belt member and generate heat so as to heat the belt member. The plural resistance elements having positive temperature coefficients are each connected in series with a corresponding one of the plural heating elements. In the heating device, a temperature of the belt member is reduced by an increase in resistances of the plural resistance elements caused by an increase in temperatures of the plural resistance elements.