Invention Grant
US09002228B2 Image forming apparatus with control section to control contact pressure between heating member and pressure member and control method thereof
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具有用于控制加热构件和压力构件之间的接触压力的控制部分的图像形成装置及其控制方法
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with control section to control contact pressure between heating member and pressure member and control method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 具有用于控制加热构件和压力构件之间的接触压力的控制部分的图像形成装置及其控制方法
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Application No.: US13845991Application Date: 2013-03-18
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Publication No.: US09002228B2Publication Date: 2015-04-07
- Inventor: Tsutomu Sakamaki , Takashi Yamada
- Applicant: Tsutomu Sakamaki , Takashi Yamada
- 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: JP2012-091015 20120412; JP2012-208184 20120921
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/16
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus is provided that includes: a heating member that heats a recording sheet; a pressure member that presses the recording sheet between the heating member and the pressure member; an adjustment mechanism that causes the heating member and the pressure member to contact or to separate; and a control section that, at a time of a warm-up operation or an idling operation, based on a predetermined condition, controls the adjustment mechanism so as to cause the heating member and the pressure member to contact at a contact pressure that is lower than a contact pressure between the heating member and the pressure member at a time of image formation or is approximately identical to the contact pressure at a time of image formation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130272736A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2013-10-17
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