Belt fixing system and method therefor
US5847361A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 12, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2032
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A belt fixing system includes a rotatably supported belt, a heating member for heating the belt, a pressure member which contacts with a circumference of the belt to form a nipping region therewith where a toner image supported on a sheet member is fixed onto the sheet member. The system further includes a first detector for detecting a portion of the belt where it has touched with the sheet member at the nipping region, and a controller for controlling the heating member so that an amount of heat supply to the belt is changed in response to an detecting result of the first detector.
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