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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:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kan Tomita, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Furuya, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 69 ; 219216 ; 399 70 ;
Abstract
An electrophotographic apparatus employing a self-heat-emitting heating roller capable of causing current to flow through a heat emitting resistor at a time of turning on a power supply until a maximum electric power to be consumed in the electrophotographic apparatus, to thereby shorten a rising-up time of the heating-roller fixing apparatus. The drive starting temperature is previously set and the heat emitting resistor is selected so as to satisfy the following inequalities: