Fuser and image forming apparatus
US9417569B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2053
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fuser for thermally fixing a toner image on a recording medium includes: an endless fusing belt configured to transfer heat to the toner image; a heat source configured to heat the fusing belt; a detection unit configured to detect peripheral inward deformation of the fusing belt; and a power cut-off unit configured to cut off power supplied to the heat source upon detection of the peripheral inward deformation of the fusing belt by the detection unit.
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