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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:
Aug. 27, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shokyo Koh, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihiko Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeo Kimura, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Hosoi, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahide Kinoshita, Yokohama, JP;
Kensaku Kusaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355206 ; 355285 ; 355290 ;
Abstract
An image fixing apparatus includes a heater which is fixed during an image fixing operation, a film for sliding movement of the heater, wherein a toner image on a recording material is heated by heat from the heater through the film, detecting means for detecting non-movement of the film, and power supply stopping means for stopping energization of the heater in response to an output of the detecting means.