Invention Application
- Patent Title: Image Forming Apparatus, Torque Rise Point Predicting Method, Computer Program, and Control System
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Application No.: US16689155Application Date: 2019-11-20
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Publication No.: US20200159150A1Publication Date: 2020-05-21
- Inventor: Katsuhide SAKAI , Yasuhiro KOIDE , Toshiaki TANAKA , Akihiro HAYASHI
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@4e6c8bd9
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus has a pad type fixing device in which a lubricant is interposed between a fixing belt for heating a sheet and a pad for holding the fixing belt, and includes: a controller that controls a heater of the fixing belt to maintain a fixing temperature to be set in accordance with printing modes, at a set temperature; an acquisitor that acquires torque of a motor for rotating the fixing belt as acquired torque for each of the set temperatures; a transition predictor that predicts transition of the torque of the motor for each of the set temperatures based on the acquired torque; and a point predictor that predicts a point at which at least two transition curves based on the predicted transition intersect each other as a torque rise point at which the torque of the motor starts rising due to a decrease in the lubricant.
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