Invention Application
- Patent Title: FUSER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
- Patent Title (中): FUSER和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14694479Application Date: 2015-04-23
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Publication No.: US20150323891A1Publication Date: 2015-11-12
- Inventor: Jinju OKUNO , Toshiya AOKI , Ryohei MATSUO
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP2014-098801 20140512
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fuser for thermally fixing a toner image on a recording medium includes: an endless fusing belt configured to transfer heat to the toner image; a heat source configured to heat the fusing belt; a detection unit configured to detect peripheral inward deformation of the fusing belt; and a power cut-off unit configured to cut off power supplied to the heat source upon detection of the peripheral inward deformation of the fusing belt by the detection unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US09417569B2 Fuser and image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2016-08-16
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