Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and image forming method
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Application No.: US15216863Application Date: 2016-07-22
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Publication No.: US09727011B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Yutaka Ikebuchi , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Takayuki Seki , Yuji Arai , Ryuuichi Mimbu , Shuntaro Tamaki , Kazuya Saito , Shuutaroh Yuasa , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Toshiharu Hachisuka
- Applicant: Yutaka Ikebuchi , Hiroshi Yoshinaga , Takayuki Seki , Yuji Arai , Ryuuichi Mimbu , Shuntaro Tamaki , Kazuya Saito , Shuutaroh Yuasa , Toshihiko Shimokawa , Masaaki Yoshikawa , Toshiharu Hachisuka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2013-269802 20131226
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a first heater disposed opposite and heating at least a center of a fixing belt in an axial direction thereof and a second heater disposed opposite and heating at least a lateral end of the fixing belt in the axial direction thereof. A power supply supplies power to the first heater and the second heater. A controller that controls the power supply includes a calculator to calculate an elapsed time elapsed after at least one of the first heater and the second heater starts heating the fixing belt. The controller controls the power supply to supply power to the first heater and the second heater such that a power density of the second heater is greater than a power density of the first heater when the elapsed time calculated by the calculator is smaller than a predetermined time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160327891A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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