Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having a fixing unit and heating control method
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Application No.: US17591560Application Date: 2022-02-02
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Publication No.: US11774887B2Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: Yohei Doi , Eiji Shinohara , Kazuhiko Kikuchi , Sasuke Endo , Masaya Tanaka , Ryota Saeki , Kousei Miyashita , Ryosuke Kojima , Yuki Kawashima , Kiyotaka Murakami
- Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kim & Stewart LLP
- Priority: JP 19165351 2019.09.11
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20
Abstract:
An image processing apparatus includes a fixing unit including a fixing belt, and a heater configured to heat the fixing belt and including a substrate and a heating layer that is formed on the substrate, and a controller configured to, upon detecting an absence of a current flowing through the fixing belt, control the heater to not generate heat.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220155710A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A FIXING UNIT AND HEATING CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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