Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heating device having an AC voltage abnormality detector and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17412333Application Date: 2021-08-26
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Publication No.: US11609520B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Naoya Yada
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Burr Patent Law, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2020-146284 20200831
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; H02H3/00 ; G03G15/00 ; H02H3/50 ; H02H3/02

Abstract:
A heating device includes a heater, an AC-voltage input section between which an AC voltage is applied, a fuse, a switcher, an AC-voltage-abnormality detector configured to detect an abnormality of the AC voltage, a controller. The controller is configured to execute a current-flowing operation in a state in which connection of a first connection terminal to a second connection terminal is a non-connecting state. The current-flowing operation is an operation in which an electrical current flows through the heater. The controller is configured to execute a connecting process in response to detection of the abnormality of the AC voltage by the AC-voltage-abnormality detector detected in the middle of the current-flowing operation. The connecting process is a process of switching a connection of a first connecting point to a second connecting point from a non-connecting state to a connecting state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220066358A1 HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-03-03
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