Fixing device for image forming apparatus
US7787789B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00772
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a microcomputer that exclusively performs temperature control for the fixing device. The microcomputer periodically calculates electric power that can be supplied to the fixing device. The microcomputer detects the temperature of the fixing device and the temperature in a printer unit and feedback-controls electric power supplied to the fixing device.
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