Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus for cooling a pressing member pressing against an image heating member and forming a nip therebetween
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置,用于冷却按压构件并在其间形成压区的按压构件
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Application No.: US12772360Application Date: 2010-05-03
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Publication No.: US08306446B2Publication Date: 2012-11-06
- Inventor: Yoshikuni Ito , Toshinori Nakayama , Yasuharu Chiyoda
- Applicant: Yoshikuni Ito , Toshinori Nakayama , Yasuharu Chiyoda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2009-114531 20090511
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable heater for heating a toner image on a recording material in a nip; a rotatable pressor for pressing against the heater to form the nip; a moving mechanism for spacing the heater and the pressor from each other; a detector for detecting a temperature of the pressor; a cooler for cooling the pressor; a changer for changing the rotational speed of the pressor; and an executor for executing, when the temperature of the pressor reaches an upper limit temperature during execution of an image formation job of continuously forming the images, a cooling mode for cooling the pressor by the cooler in a state that the pressor and the heater are spaced from each other while rotating the pressing member at a second rotational speed higher than a first rotational speed which is a speed during the execution of the job.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100284706A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-11-11
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