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Image forming apparatus with control coordinating pressure roller and power activation

US5982503A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 11, 1995
Grant dateNov 9, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/2038
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a heater for generating heat upon reception of electric energy; a film movable with a recording material having an unfixed image; and a pressure roller for forming a nip with the heater, with the film interposed therebetween; wherein the pressure roller starts to rotate at the same time as a main power switch of the apparatus is turned on.

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