Image forming apparatus having a heater in contact with a film to fix a toner image
US5043763A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 19, 1989 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2039
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image fixing apparatus includes a heater which is fixed during an image fixing operation, a film for sliding movement of the heater, wherein a toner image on a recording material is heated by heat from the heater through the film, detecting means for detecting non-movement of the film, and power supply stopping means for stopping energization of the heater in response to an output of the detecting means.
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