Image heating apparatus with electric power supply stop means
US7372008B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 13, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2035
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image heating apparatus has a magnetic flux generator; a heat generating element for generating heat by a magnetic flux generated by the magnetic flux generator, the heat generating element being effective to heat an image on a recording material; an electric power supply for supplying electric power to the magnetic flux generator; electric power changing unit for changing electric power to be supplied to the magnetic flux generator on the basis of a temperature rise property of the heat generating element, in a period from start of electric power supply to the magnetic flux generator to reaching of a temperature of the heat generating element to a predetermined level.
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