Fixing device and image forming apparatus
US7853163B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 13, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00738
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a fixing unit, a fixing roller is rotated under driving force transmitted from a paper discharge unit-side gear of a driving section via a fixing roller driving gear, and holds and conveys a recording medium in cooperation with a pressure roller in a nip region. When a control section determines that acceleration conditions are fulfilled, the driving section increases the rotating speed of the paper discharge unit-side gear so that it is rotated at higher speed than before-acceleration speed over predetermined high-speed rotating period.
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