Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus which controls the transfer of toner to a heating member
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Application No.: US15090993Application Date: 2016-04-05
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Publication No.: US09952538B2Publication Date: 2018-04-24
- Inventor: Satoshi Nishida , Isamu Takeda , Akimichi Suzuki , Shogo Kan , Kazuhiro Doda , Takanori Mitani
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA, Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JP2015-080460 20150409
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit including a roller, a heating rotary member heating the roller, and a backup member forming a nip portion, a temperature detection unit detecting a temperature of the heating rotary member, and a control unit for controlling power so that the detected temperature is maintained at a target temperature, wherein a print job includes a first step in which the unfixed toner image is formed on the recording material, a second step in which fixing processing is executed, and a third step in which the fixing unit is cleaned, and wherein the third step is executed following the second step, and in the third step, while the target temperature is set higher than the target temperature in the second step, the roller and the heating rotary member are rotated in a state where no recording material is present at the nip portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160299460A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-10-13
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