Connector for heater, fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus

摘要

An image fixing apparatus includes a heater including a substrate, a first electrode provided on one side of the substrate and a second electrode provided on the other side of the substrate; and a connector, connected with the heater, for receiving electric power, the connector including an electrically insulative housing, and a contact terminal provided inside the housing and having first spring contact contacted to the first electrode and a second spring contact contacted to the second electrode, wherein the first spring contact and the second spring contact are disposed at positions different as seen in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate.

主权项

1. An image fixing apparatus for heating and fixing an unfixed image formed on a recording material, comprising:
a heater including a substrate, a first electrode provided on said substrate and a second electrode provided on said substrate at a position different from said first electrode in a longitudinal direction of said heater; and a connector, connected to said heater, configured to supply electrical power through said first electrode and said second electrode, said connector including an electrically insulative housing, a first contact terminal provided inside said housing and having a first spring contact configured to contact said first electrode and a second spring contact opposed to said first spring contact, and a second contact terminal provided inside said housing and having a third spring contact configured to contact said second electrode and a fourth spring contact opposed to said third spring contact, wherein said first and second contact terminals are electrically independent from each other, and wherein said first spring contact and said second spring contact overlap with each other in an urging direction of the spring contacts, and said third spring contact and said fourth spring contact overlap with each other in an urging direction of the spring contacts, in a state that said connector is removed from said heater.