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Image forming apparatus with temperature based control

US6628906B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 6, 2001
Grant dateSep 30, 2003
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Expiry dateNov 6, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G21/206
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is provided an image forming apparatus that is capable of detecting an outside air temperature with high precision, which is capable of controlling the setting of an image forming condition to improve an image quality. A suction fan 10 and a thermistor 14 in the vicinity of an outside air (outside air intake) are disposed, and an enforced convection due to the fan 10 is utilized to detect the outside air temperature with high precision (high accuracy and high response), thereby being capable of obtaining that information.

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