US 11,812,537 B2
Induction heated roll apparatus
Takatsugu Kitano, Otsu (JP)
Assigned to TOKUDEN CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by TOKUDEN CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/646,913.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-007789 (JP), filed on Jan. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232674 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Prior Publication US 2023/0247735 A9, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H05B 6/14 (2006.01); F16C 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 6/145 (2013.01) [F16C 13/02 (2013.01); F16C 2362/00 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An induction heated roll apparatus comprising:
a roller body having a hollow cylindrical shape;
a drive shaft provided at each of both ends of the roller body and rotatably supported;
an induction heating mechanism that is provided inside the roller body and allows the roller body to inductively generate heat; and
a support shaft that extends from both ends of the induction heating mechanism and supports the induction heating mechanism, wherein
the support shaft is rotatably supported by respective bearings fitted inside the roller body and in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the roller body at both ends of the inner peripheral surface of the roller body.