Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing apparatus the fixes an image on recording material and performs motor control after fixing the image
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Application No.: US15384981Application Date: 2016-12-20
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Publication No.: US10254686B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Taisuke Minagawa , Mahito Yoshioka , Satoru Taniguchi , Takashi Honke , Hirohiko Aiba , Masaki Hirose
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP
- Priority: JP2015-254912 20151225
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
The fixing apparatus includes a cylindrical heating film, a nip portion forming member, a roller; a motor, a control unit, and an acquisition unit. The apparatus executes a fixing process of conveying and heating the recording material carrying the toner image to fix the toner image to the recording material at the nip portion. The apparatus is further configured to execute a first mode of stopping the supply of power to the motor just after the end of the fixing process and a second mode of stopping the supply of power to the motor after a low-speed rotation period for rotating the motor at a rotational speed set lower than the target rotational speed during the fixing process after the end of the fixing process, and to select one of the first and second modes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170185013A1 IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-06-29
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