Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having a heater that generates heat using alternating current voltage and a heater that generates heat using a direct current voltage
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Application No.: US15757783Application Date: 2016-07-26
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Publication No.: US10437195B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Yoritsugu Maeda , Eijiro Atarashi , Kazuhisa Koizumi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2015-176168 20150907
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/003459 WO 20160726
- International Announcement: WO2017/043005 WO 20170316
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/20 ; B41J29/38

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding cassette configured to store a recording sheet, a conveyance unit configured to convey the recording sheet stored in the sheet feeding cassette, and an image forming unit configured to form an image on a photo sensitive member, and to transfer the image onto the recording sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit. A power supply unit is configured to convert an alternating current (AC) voltage of a commercial power supply into a direct current (DC) voltage, and is configured to supply the AC voltage and the DC voltage. A first heater heats the sheet feeding cassette, and generates heat with the AC voltage supplied by the commercial power supply, and a second heater heats the photosensitive member of the image forming unit, and generates heat with the DC voltage supplied by the power supply unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190121289A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-04-25
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