Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus

Details Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus

2007-06-01

2010-02-16

Gray, David M (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Image formation

Fixing

C399S328000, C399S330000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07664449

ABSTRACT:
A fixing apparatus includes an endless belt, a fixing roller, a pressure roller, a sheet heating element, and a support. The fixing roller and support are positioned on the inside of the endless belt. The endless belt is entrained about the fixing roller and the support. The support supports the sheet heating element. The pressure roller is positioned on the outside of the endless belt. The pressure roller cooperates with the fixing roller to hold the endless belt between the fixing roller and the pressure roller in sandwiched relation such that a nip is formed between the endless belt and the pressure roller. The sheet heating element is in contact with the inside of the endless belt and heats the endless belt. The sheet heating element is disposed in an area outside of the nip.

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