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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Keigo Kaji, Abiko, JP;
Ryo Suzuki, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating device includes a belt, a light emitting portion, a light receiving portion, and a control portion. The belt heats an image on a sheet in an image heating operation. The light emitting portion emits light from one widthwise end of the belt to the other widthwise end of the belt such that the light passes near a peripheral surface of the belt. The light receiving portion receives the light from the light emitting portion. The control portion controls, according to an output of the light receiving portion, whether or not to prohibit the image heating operation.
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