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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ko Kitamura, Hachioji, JA;
Mamoru Watanabe, Hachioji, JA;
Yojiro Watanabe, Hachioji, JA;
Yutaka Seto, Hachioji, JA;
Assignee:
Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219216 ; 219388 ;
Abstract
A fixing device for use in an electrophotographic copying machine comprising a fixing plate having a width substantially equal to the maximum width of recording sheets in use and a heater disposed transversely of a fixing plate. The heater is divided into heater sections in the direction of widths of the recording sheets corresponding to the widths thereof. A temperature sensing element is associated with each of the divided heater sections and supplied power to the heater sections is controlled in response to the output of the temperature sensing element.