Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device that determines rotation state of rotatory body based on position of outer circumferential surface of rotatory body in terms of radial direction and image forming apparatus including fixing device
- Patent Title (中): 基于旋转体的径向外周面的位置确定旋转体的旋转状态的固定装置和包括固定装置的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14721376Application Date: 2015-05-26
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Publication No.: US09329540B2Publication Date: 2016-05-03
- Inventor: Akihiro Kondo
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP2014-109115 20140527
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a first rotatory body, a heater, a pressure receiving member, a supporting member, a second rotatory body, a position detection section, and a determination section. The position detection section detects a position of an outer circumferential surface of the first rotatory body in terms of a radial direction. The determination section determines a rotation state of the first rotatory body based on a result of detection by the position detection section. The position detection section includes a first position detection member and a second position detection member. The first position detection member is located upstream of a fixing nip in terms of a rotation direction of the first rotatory body. The second position detection member is located downstream of the fixing nip in terms of the rotation direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150346656A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-12-03
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