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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2007
Hiroshi Nakayama, Mishima, JP;
Yohei Doi, Mishima, JP;
Tetsuo Kitamura, Mishima, JP;
Osamu Takagi, Chofu, JP;
Satoshi Kinouchi, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Yoshinori Tsueda, Fuji, JP;
Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Masanori Takai, Izunokuni, JP;
Toyoyasu Kusaka, Izu, JP;
Toshihiro Sone, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Nakayama, Mishima, JP;
Yohei Doi, Mishima, JP;
Tetsuo Kitamura, Mishima, JP;
Osamu Takagi, Chofu, JP;
Satoshi Kinouchi, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Yoshinori Tsueda, Fuji, JP;
Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Masanori Takai, Izunokuni, JP;
Toyoyasu Kusaka, Izu, JP;
Toshihiro Sone, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a microcomputer that exclusively performs temperature control for the fixing device. The microcomputer periodically calculates electric power that can be supplied to the fixing device. The microcomputer detects the temperature of the fixing device and the temperature in a printer unit and feedback-controls electric power supplied to the fixing device.