Image forming apparatus with function of requesting exchange of fixing unit
US5559591A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 2, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2025
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including image forming unit for forming an unfixed image on a recording medium, a pair of fixing rotary members for fixing the unfixed image on the recording medium, a cleaning member for cleaning surfaces of the fixing rotary members, the fixing rotary members and the cleaning member being an integral unit separable from the apparatus, detection unit for detecting remaining quantity of the cleaning member, and a unit for requesting the exchange of the integral unit of the fixing rotary member pair and the cleaning member in response to the output of the detection unit.
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