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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eiji Okabayashi, Toyokawa, JP;
Yuusuke Morigami, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 67 ; 219216 ; 399 68 ; 399329 ;
Abstract
A fixing apparatus that supports an endless belt by rollers, forms a nipping area with a pressuring roller contacting outside periphery of the belt, and fixes unfixed images on sheets that are transported into the nipping area, the fixing apparatus characterized in that transportation of the sheets into the nipping area is prohibited until the minimum belt temperature detected by a temperature sensor reaches a fixing approval temperature.