Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus that switches power supply to plurality of heating elements
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Application No.: US16674466Application Date: 2019-11-05
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Publication No.: US10884361B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Kohei Wakatsu , Kazuhiro Doda , Tsuguhiro Yoshida , Yutaka Sato , Ken Oi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JP2017-226895 20171127
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
In a case where fixing processing ends in a state where a power supply line is switched by a switching unit according to a first print command so that power is suppliable to a second heating element, the switching unit switches the power supply line from the second heating element to a first heating element so that power is suppliable to the first heating element, the switching occurring regardless of presence or absence of reception of a second print command subsequent to the first print command.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200064759A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT SWITCHES POWER SUPPLY TO PLURALITY OF HEATING ELEMENTS Public/Granted day:2020-02-27
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