Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15264698Application Date: 2016-09-14
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Publication No.: US09964902B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Tatsuhiro Noutomi , Hiroyuki Futami , Katsunori Takahashi , Kenichi Hayashi , Takashi Nara
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingeroll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2015-195614 20151001
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes: a fixing member; a pressure member pressed against the fixing member; a plurality of halogen lamp heaters configured to heat the fixing member; a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a temperature of the fixing member; and a control unit configured to perform half-wave control on at least one first halogen lamp heater by calculating an output Duty and performing energization or de-energization for each half-wave of an AC waveform, and perform switch on/off control on a second halogen lamp heater, the second halogen lamp heater being other than the first halogen lamp heater, wherein the first halogen lamp heater and the second halogen lamp heater have reference voltages satisfying the reference voltage of the first halogen lamp heater
Public/Granted literature
- US20170097596A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-04-06
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