FIXING APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing apparatus provided which has high thermal efficiency and can be manufactured inexpensively. SOLUTION: The fixing apparatus is provided with: a heating member which comes into contact with a member to be fixed to heat and fix an image on the member to be fixed by; and an induction heating means applying induction heating to the heating member. The induction heating means has a core member and a coil member wrapped around the core member, wherein the coil in the coil member is constituted of rectangular wire. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI