Fixing device and image forming apparatus having the same
US9411277B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2039
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing unit configured to fix an image on a sheet with heat when the sheet passes through a nip formed in the fixing unit, a temperature detection unit disposed adjacent to the fixing unit, and a control unit configured to change a maximum amount of power that is suppliable to the fixing unit from a first value to a second value that is smaller than the first value, based on a temperature detected by the temperature detection unit.
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