Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heating device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15059893Application Date: 2016-03-03
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Publication No.: US09709933B2Publication Date: 2017-07-18
- Inventor: Takashi Hayashi , Akira Yashiro , Kenji Sueyoshi , Hiroki Okada
- Applicant: Takashi Hayashi , Akira Yashiro , Kenji Sueyoshi , Hiroki Okada
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2015-048196 20150311; JP2016-028927 20160218
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A heating device includes: a heater; and a power distribution controller. The heater heats a predetermined heating target. The power distribution controller controls supply of AC power to the heater. The power distribution controller performs power distribution to the heater in units of AC half wave, and controls the power supply to the heater in accordance with power distribution control patterns respectively corresponding to a first time period as a power distribution start period, a third time period as a power distribution stop period, and a second time period between the first time period and the third time period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160266526A1 HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-09-15
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