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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:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Suzuki, Nagano, JP;
Hisako Katsuura, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219497 ; 219216 ; 219505 ; 219501 ; 374102 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a temperature control method for a fixing device of an image forming apparatus using an electrostatic photographing process, and it is an object of the present invention particularly to realize excellent temperature control performance without any addition of any complicated mechanism or device to a fixing device using a heater having a small heat capacity. The present invention is characterized by: