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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2023
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
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;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2039 (2013.01); G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2025 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a fixing unit including a belt, and a heater configured to heat the belt and including a substrate and a heating layer that is formed on the substrate, and a controller configured to shut off the heater if no current flows through the belt.