Staas & Halsey LLP
Fusing device and method using induction heating and image forming apparaus including the fusing device
An induction heating fusing device and method of an image forming apparatus including: a pressure roller; a heating element that forms a fusing nip together with the pressure roller and is rotatable; an inductor that is installed in a rotation axis direction on the outer circumference surface of the heating element, includes a main coil and a plurality of control coils located on the main coil, and inductively heats the heating element; and a controller that selectively drives at least one of the plurality of control coils depending on the width of a printing paper passing though the fusing nip, and controls the main coil and the plurality of control coils so that a current direction of the main coil and a current direction of the plurality of control coils become the same as or opposite to each other depending on the width of the printing paper.
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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inventional inventional
Keon Tatsuhiro Jin-han Dae-hwan
Kuk Otsuka Kim Kim