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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Atsushi Kohama, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2039 (2013.01); G03G 15/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing member, a resistance heating element, and a power supply control portion. The fixing member fixes a toner image transferred onto a sheet. The resistance heating element is used for heating the fixing member, and an electrical resistance thereof increases as a temperature increases. The power supply control portion gradually increases, when a heating timing of the fixing member arrives, input power to be input to the resistance heating element toward a predetermined upper limit value.