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Image-heating device with a first heating member and an adjustable second heating member

US7912391B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 2006
Grant dateMar 22, 2011
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/2006
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image-heating device has a detector for detecting the state of a recording medium at a position between a first fixing unit and a second fixing unit along a conveying path of the recording medium and a controller for controlling a fixing condition of the second fixing unit on the basis of the information obtained by the detector.

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