Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus
US6950616B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 29, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2035
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing apparatus in which at least one temperature detecting element for detecting a temperature of a fixing film and at least one temperature detecting element for detecting a temperature of a heat generating element are included, and which controls the heat generating element on the basis of the temperature of the fixing film detected by the temperature detecting element and thus achieves temperature controlling of the fixing film, and an image forming apparatus to which the fixing apparatus is applied are disclosed.
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