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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2007
Satoshi Kinouchi, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Osamu Takagi, Chofu, JP;
Yoshinori Tsueda, Fuji, JP;
Tetsuo Kitamura, Mishima, JP;
Hiroshi Nakayama, Mishima, JP;
Yohei Doi, Mishima, JP;
Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Masanori Takai, Izunokuni, JP;
Toyoyasu Kusaka, Izu, JP;
Toshihiro Sone, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Kinouchi, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Osamu Takagi, Chofu, JP;
Yoshinori Tsueda, Fuji, JP;
Tetsuo Kitamura, Mishima, JP;
Hiroshi Nakayama, Mishima, JP;
Yohei Doi, Mishima, 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 apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention controls, using a CPU and a temperature comparator, an inverter circuit that supplies electric power to an induction heating coil and performs temperature control for a heat roller. The CPU adjusts and controls a power value supplied by the inverter circuit. When the adjustment and control of the power value by the CPU is late, the inverter circuit is ON-OFF controlled by the temperature comparator.