Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image-forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17529506Application Date: 2021-11-18
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Publication No.: US11703786B2Publication Date: 2023-07-18
- Inventor: Yoshiki Shimodaira , Masato Yamashita , Tetsuro Kodera , Mitsuhiro Matsumoto , Kosuke Yamada , Takayuki Yamashita
- Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Current Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP 19112508 2019.06.18
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes: a non-contact heating unit configured to heat a recording medium in a non-contact manner; and a contact heating unit configured to press and heat the recording medium on a downstream side of the non-contact heating unit in a conveyance direction of the recording medium, in which the non-contact heating unit controls an amount of heat applied to the recording medium according to information on whether the recording medium is black or not, and a thickness of the recording medium, and the contact heating unit controls the pressure applied to the recording medium according to the thickness regardless of whether the recording medium is black or not.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220075303A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-03-10
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