Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing apparatus for determining heat generation member to which electric power is being supplied, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16812709Application Date: 2020-03-09
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Publication No.: US10969727B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Satoru Nagashima
- 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: JPJP2019-043987 20190311
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/20

Abstract:
The fixing apparatus includes a heater including at least two heat generation members, a relay, a triac, a zero-crossing circuit unit connected between a first pole and a second pole of an AC power supply, and configured to output a zero-crossing signal, and a CPU configured to control the relay and the triac, and the CPU determines which one of the at least two heat generation members is the heat generation member to which electric power is being supplied from the AC power supply, based on the zero-crossing signal output from the zero-crossing circuit unit.
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