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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2007
Junya Yoda, Osaka, JP;
Akira Shimatani, Osaka, JP;
Junya Yoda, Osaka, JP;
Akira Shimatani, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, including: a fixing device having: a first heat generator for generating heat for a fixing processing, the first heat generator using electric power supplied by a commercial power source; and a second heat generator for generating heat for the fixing processing, the second heat generator using electric power supplied by the auxiliary power source device; a heat generation controller for allowing the first heat generator and the second heat generator to generate heat; a sheet jam detector for detecting a sheet jam of a recording sheet which occurs in the image forming section having the fixing device and a conveyance path of a recording sheet; and a charge controller for allowing charging of the auxiliary power source device to start when the sheet jam detector detects a sheet jam, and the charged capacity detector detects no full charge of the auxiliary power source device.