Heating device
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Current Assignee / Owner
- RICOH KK
- Publication Date
- 2006-06-07
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] The present invention relates to a heating device using far infrared rays. Background technique
[0002] Conventionally, a heating device for heating using far-infrared rays is known. For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 07-159768 (hereinafter abbreviated as "Patent Document 1") discloses such a heating device provided with a mechanism for vertically moving an object to be heated.
[0003] For example, JP-A-11-172026 (hereinafter abbreviated as "Patent Document 2") discloses a heating device that inverts an object to be heated and heats it.
[0004] The heating device can be used to heat, for example, a charging roller (cylindrical shape) of a developing section of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. Such a charging roller such as figure 1 As shown, in this charging roller 1, a conductive resin layer 3 is formed on the outer periphery of a cylindrical metal core 2, and a surface layer portion 4 is formed on the outer p...