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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshifumi Kosagi, Toyokawa, JP;
Kenichi Wantanabe, Shinshiro, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 88 ; 399 50 ; 399 66 ; 399 67 ;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus having an auto power-off function, the durability of a roller of a heat fusing member or the like is improved. Before a lapse of a specified time .DELTA.t from a time T at which an auto power-off timer stops time counting, a fusing roller is driven for the time .DELTA.t. By this operation, the fusing roller is consistently driven within the set time of the auto power-off timer, thereby reducing a continuous stress in a nip portion of the fusing roller.
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Kosagi, Yoshifumi. (1998). Image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 5832340). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5832340
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