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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2022
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yohei Doi, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Eiji Shinohara, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Sasuke Endo, Chigasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Masaya Tanaka, Sunto Shizuoka, JP;
Ryota Saeki, Sunto Shizuoka, JP;
Kousei Miyashita, Sunto Shizuoka, JP;
Ryosuke Kojima, Sunto Shizuoka, JP;
Yuki Kawashima, Tagata Shizuoka, JP;
Kiyotaka Murakami, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a fixing unit including a fixing belt, and a heater configured to heat the fixing belt and including a substrate and a heating layer that is formed on the substrate, and a controller configured to, upon detecting an absence of a current flowing through the fixing belt, control the heater to not generate heat.