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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Keita Ishiguro, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a recording material; an endless belt and a roller which are configured to form a nip therebetween for fixing, on the recording material, the toner image formed by the image forming portion; a pad configured to urge the endless belt from an inside of the endless belt toward the roller; a motor configured to drive the roller; an acquiring portion configured to acquire a starting torque when rotation of the roller is started; and a discriminating portion configured to discriminate a lifetime of the endless belt depending on the starting torque acquired by the acquiring portion.