Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuser unit and image forming apparatus equipped with the same
- Patent Title (中): 定影单元和配备其的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12046529Application Date: 2008-03-12
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Publication No.: US07783239B2Publication Date: 2010-08-24
- Inventor: Takashi Yamanaka , Kimihide Tsukamoto , Tatsuya Shinkawa , Kan Mukai
- Applicant: Takashi Yamanaka , Kimihide Tsukamoto , Tatsuya Shinkawa , Kan Mukai
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: JP2007-065633 20070314
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fuser unit for an image forming apparatus including: a tape-like cleaning member that abuts on a fuser roller and cleans its peripheral surface; a press roller that presses the fuser roller via the cleaning member; a feed roller that feeds said cleaning member; a wind roller that winds the cleaning member therearound; and a controller that actuates a fixing function before an image formation, stops it after said image formation, and rotates and stops the wind roller and/or the feed roller to control a winding quantity of the cleaning member, wherein said controller calculates a toner image amount based on the prescribed number of pages by tracking from a page on which an image is formed just before the image formation is completed, and determines whether or not said cleaning member is wound around the wind roller during a non-fixing period based on the calculated toner image amount.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080226315A1 FUSER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME Public/Granted day:2008-09-18
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