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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:
Sep. 29, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shunichi Masuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219216 ; 355285 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus having a thermal fixing unit and a cooling fan. There is an input device for inputting print data which is sent from an external apparatus; a timer for starting an operation upon completion of an image forming operation; and a controller for controlling the thermal fixing unit and the cooling fan on the basis of an operating state of the timer.