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Fixing apparatus having storage device for storing characteristics of fixing member

US9684270B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 2016
Grant dateJun 20, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/1639
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fixing apparatus fixes an image onto a recording material. A first fuse and a second fuse are connected in series each other. A power supply line is connected to one end of the first fuse. A signal line is connected to a connection point between another end of the first fuse and one end of the second fuse. A ground line is connected to another end of the second fuse. Information regarding the fixing apparatus is held in accordance with melt states of the first and second fuses.

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