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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2006
Applicant:
Atsutoshi Ando, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Atsutoshi Ando, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fixing apparatus is provided, in which a problem such as the melting of a heater retaining member does not occur when a fixing nip portion performs a fixing processing in a reduced pressure state. In a fixing apparatus of an image forming apparatus capable of feeding a paper by applied pressures of two types or more, the fixing apparatus is changed to a mode in which the applied force is low, and is allowed to perform an operation for cooling the fixing apparatus before starting a current supply to a heater.