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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomonori Shida, Mishima, JP;
Shun-ichi Ebihara, Suntou-gun, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/55 (2013.01); G03G 15/2039 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing apparatus including: an acquiring portion that acquires a difference value between a detection temperature of a first temperature detecting member and a detection temperature of a second temperature detecting member; and an alarming portion that sends a notification of an abnormality in the apparatus. The alarming portion sends the notification of an abnormality in the apparatus according to an amount of change in the difference value acquired during a fixing process.