| US 7,565,103 B2 | ||
| Device for fusing toner on print medium | ||
| Young-min Chae, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of); Joong-gi Kwon, Gunpo-si (Korea, Republic of); Hwan-guem Kim, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Durk-hyun Cho, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of); and Sang-yong Han, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 31, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/214,881. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0069561 (KR), filed on Sep. 01, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0045591 A1, Mar. 02, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—334 [399/328; 399/330] | 38 Claims |
| 1. A unit for fusing a toner image on paper, the unit comprising:
a single continuous heater comprising multiple, selectable terminals and spanning multiple, selectable heating regions and
to which an induced current is input and which is resistance-heated;
a selector having three or more terminals for selectively supplying the induced current of a single circuit to a region of
the heater corresponding to a size of a paper; and
a toner fusing layer for fusing a toner image on the paper by heat transferred from the region of the heater.
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