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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:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Kuniyasu Kimura, Toride, JP;
Naoto Watanabe, Kashiwa, JP;
Yukio Yokoyama, Sakado, JP;
Hiroto Nishihara, Toride, JP;
Takako Hanada, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Kuniyasu Kimura, Toride, JP;
Naoto Watanabe, Kashiwa, JP;
Yukio Yokoyama, Sakado, JP;
Hiroto Nishihara, Toride, JP;
Takako Hanada, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image-heating device has a detector for detecting the state of a recording medium at a position between a first fixing unit and a second fixing unit along a conveying path of the recording medium and a controller for controlling a fixing condition of the second fixing unit on the basis of the information obtained by the detector.