Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12859843Application Date: 2010-08-20
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Publication No.: US08401447B2Publication Date: 2013-03-19
- Inventor: Mikihiko Takada
- Applicant: Mikihiko Takada
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JP2009-192936 20090824; JP2009-197872 20090828
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing apparatus having: a heating section and a pressing section that forms a fixing-nip portion by being in pressure contact with the heating section, wherein at least one of the heating section and the pressing section having: an endless fixing belt that is trained about a plurality of rollers, a pressure applying member that causes the fixing belt to be in pressure contact with a side of the fixing-nip portion from an inner circumferential surface thereof, and a lubricant supplying member that supplies lubricant to the inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt; and a supplying amount change section that changes a supplying amount of the lubricant by the lubricant supplying member based on an amount used coming from a part replacement of at least one of the fixing belt, the pressure applying member and the lubricant supplying member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110044737A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-02-24
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