Electrophotography – Image formation – Fixing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-20
2008-11-04
Brase, Sandra L (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Image formation
Fixing
C399S329000, C399S330000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07447475
ABSTRACT:
A fixing device configured to fix a toner image onto a recording medium includes a coil for generating a magnetic flux and a heat generation member for generating heat by the magnetic flux; the heat generation member includes a hollow cylinder shape, the coil has a loop-shaped coil disposed in a loop shape to sandwich inner and outer circumference planes of the heat generation member of the hollow cylinder shape, the loop-shaped coil is divided into an inside coil portion, which is positioned in the inner circumference plane side of the heat generation member, and an outside coil portion which is positioned in the outer circumference plane side of the heat generation member, and a terminal portion for connecting both of the coil portions is provided between the inside coil portion and the outside coil portion.
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Hasegawa Motokazu
Ishibe Atsushi
Kamiya Kohji
Murata Makoto
Uchida Kazuo
Brase Sandra L
Oblon & Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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