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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1995
Hideyuki Haragakiuchi, Hitachi, JP;
Hiroyuki Tadokoro, Hitachi, JP;
Nobuaki Fukasawa, Hitachi, JP;
Isamu Terashima, Hitachi, JP;
Akira Sasaki, Hitachi, JP;
Kazuyoshi Matsuo, Hitachi, JP;
Katuyoshi Onose, Hitachi, JP;
Masashi Okuhama, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The disclosure is concerned with an electrophotographic apparatus comprising a toner image supporting member on which a toner image developed on an electrostatic latent image is formed, transferring means for transferring the toner image on said toner image supporting member to a recording medium, conveying means for bringing the recording medium into contact with the image supporting member, a fixing roller and a compression roller in contact with each other to fix the toner image on the recording medium, heating means disposed inside at least one of the fixing roller and the compression roller, wherein there are provided temperature detection means for detecting the surface temperature of the fixing roller and state detection means for detecting the state of the fixing apparatus before starting of the fixing apparatus.