Image formation apparatus
US4538902A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 3, 1984 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2039
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image formation apparatus includes a device for forming an image on a sheet fed thereto, a fixing device for heat-fixing the image, a detector for detecting the temperature of the fixing device, a temperature controller for controlling the electric power supplied to a heat source in accordance with the detected temperature, a detector for detecting disconnection of an element in the temperature detector, and a controller for operating the disconnection detector after a predetermined time from a point of time at which the fixing device starts to be heated.
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