Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and control program
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Application No.: US16381121Application Date: 2019-04-11
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Publication No.: US10527979B2Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Masahiro Onodera
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
- Priority: JP2018-094562 20180516
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
Provided is an image forming apparatus and a control program. A fixer includes a first roller which includes an elastic layer having a predetermined thickness in a surface, a second roller which includes an elastic layer having a thickness smaller than that of the first roller in a surface, a fixing belt which is laid across the first roller and forms a fixing nip portion between the second roller and the fixing belt, and first and second drive motors that drive the first and second rollers, respectively. A hardware processor controls a drive current of the first drive motor so that an electromotive current generated in the second drive motor has a predetermined value in a case where the first roller is rotatively driven by the first drive motor and the second roller is caused to rotate as a follower of the first roller and the fixing belt.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190354046A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM Public/Granted day:2019-11-21
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