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Patent No.:

US 10429773 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2018

Fixing device detecting abnormalities at a temperature lower than fixing temperature and image forming apparatus

Applicant:

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tsuyoshi Sunohara, Kanagawa, JP;

Takahito Chiba, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Joseph S Wong

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2028 (2013.01); G03G 15/1615 (2013.01); G03G 15/205 (2013.01); G03G 15/2017 (2013.01); G03G 15/2025 (2013.01); G03G 15/2039 (2013.01); G03G 15/55 (2013.01); G03G 15/553 (2013.01); G03G 15/602 (2013.01); G03G 15/657 (2013.01); G03G 15/70 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 21/1685 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00413 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1657 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fixing device includes a fixing unit including a pressing device and a heating device and that fixes an image formed on a recording medium by nipping the recording medium with the pressing device and the heating device; a driving device that drives the fixing unit; a load detector that detects a load applied to the driving device; and an abnormality detector that detects abnormality in the fixing unit with reference to the load generated when the recording medium passes through the fixing unit.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sunohara, Tsuyoshi. (2019). Fixing device detecting abnormalities at a temperature lower than fixing temperature and image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 10429773). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10429773

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