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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1992
Shigeo Kimura, Yokohama, JP;
Kensaku Kusaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Hosoi, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image fixing apparatus includes a heater maintained at a controlled temperature; a film contacted to the heater and movable together with and in sliding contact with a recording material carrying a visualized image, wherein the visualized image is heated by the heater through the film; a temperature detecting element for detecting a temperature of the film or a member contacted to the film; and a controller for changing a level of the controlled temperature on the basis of an output of the temperature detecting element before start of an image fixing operation of the image fixing apparatus.