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Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2017
Applicant:

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuhiro Uehara, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazuyoshi Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 15/2017 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fixing device includes a planar heating element and a thermal fuse. The planar heating element is configured to heat a fixing member that fixes a toner image to a recording medium. The thermal fuse includes a fuse element configured to be in contact with the heating element, and an elastic member configured to support the fuse element on a support body by a tension at which a fusing temperature of the fuse element is lower than a rated fusing temperature.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Uehara, Yasuhiro. (2018). Fixing device and image forming apparatus comprising a thermal fuse including a fuse element supported by an elastic member (U.S. Patent No. 9885986). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9885986

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