Patent ID: 11892786
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. An imaging apparatus comprising:
a transfer device to form a toner image on a recording medium; and
an image heating device to heat the toner image formed on the recording medium,
wherein the image heating device includes:
an endless belt having an outer peripheral surface to contact the toner image on the recording medium;
a driving roller to drive the endless belt to rotate in a rotational direction;
a pressing member to press the endless belt against the driving roller in a contact width of the endless belt; and
three electrode portions including a first electrode portion, a second electrode portion, and a third electrode portion that are in contact with the endless belt, and spaced apart in a movement direction to form a first heat generation region between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion, and to form a second heat generation region between the second electrode portion and the third electrode portion,
wherein the second heat generation region is located outside the contact width; and
wherein the endless belt includes a fixing region located along the contact width to generate heat to fix the toner image onto the recording medium during a fixing operation, a glossing region located downstream the fixing region to form a gloss on the image having been fixed during a gloss application operation, and a peeling region located downstream the glossing region to peel off the recording medium from the endless belt.