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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2010
Junya Yoda, Osaka, JP;
Junya Yoda, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus, including: a heating section; a coil that is opposed to the heating section, for heating the heating section; a core that has a circumferential surface covered with a magnetic shielding plate having different lengths in an axis direction in a plurality of steps according to a position in a circumferential direction; a rotary section for causing the core to rotate; a plurality of temperature sensing elements for sensing temperatures of the heating section; and a control section for controlling a heating width by controlling the rotary section to control a rotation angle of the core, setting the heating width corresponding to a size of a paper sheet at a start of a print job, and setting the heating width wider than at the start of the print job midway through the print job.