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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Shinya Kawakami, Mishima, JP;
Takashi Sekiguchi, Mishima, JP;
Inventors:
Shinya Kawakami, Mishima, JP;
Takashi Sekiguchi, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a first motor for driving said image bearing member, a fixing unit which fixes an image transferred from said image bearing member to a recording material onto the recording material and a second motor for driving said fixing unit, wherein said fixing unit is started up by said first motor and then driven by said second motor. Thereby, costs on the second motor for driving the fixing apparatus, which is disposed separately from the first motor for driving the image forming apparatus, can be restrained.