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- Patent Title: Image formation apparatus and heater control method
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Application No.: US16846374Application Date: 2020-04-12
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Publication No.: US11054771B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: Osamu Kunimori
- Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Metrolex IP Law Group, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2019-081942 20190423
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image formation apparatus according to an embodiment may include: a fixation device including a first heater and a second heater whose electric power is smaller than the first heater; first and second switches to supply a power supply signal to the first and second heaters; and a heater controller. The heater controller: turns on the second switch at a first timing; turns off the second switch at a second timing at which a first length of time equal not less than a predetermined time length is elapsed from the first timing; turns on the first switch at a third timing after the second timing; and turns on the second switch at a fourth timing at which a second length of time not less than the predetermined time length is elapsed from the third timing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200341411A1 IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS AND HEATER CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2020-10-29
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