摘要:
A fixing apparatus includes a heat generating element for generating heat upon electric power supply thereto; a temperature detecting element a for detecting a temperature or the heat generating element; power application control for controlling the power to the heat generating element so that the temperature detected by the temperature detecting element maintains a fixing temperature; and a power setting device for pre-applying power to the heat generating element to detect a rate of temperature change during the pre-application of power, before power is applied to start up the heat generating element to the fixing temperature, and for setting the power to be applied during the start-up period, in accordance with the detected rate of temperature change.
摘要:
Corrected power for compensating for a reduction in the temperature of an endless belt that accompanies the entry of a recording material into a fixing nip portion is adjusted by correcting the power supplied to a fixing unit when the recording material enters the fixing unit with a correction power based on the difference between the update time of a power updating period and the time of the entry of the recording material.
摘要:
The image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion forming a toner image on a recording material, and a fixing portion heating and fixing the toner image formed on the recording material to the recording material, wherein the apparatus has a cleaning mode in which the fixing portion is cleaned, and when the cleaning mode is set, the image forming portion forms a predetermined toner image on the recording material, and the fixing portion then heats and fixes the predetermined toner image to the recording material to form a cleaning sheet which is heated and conveyed to clean the fixing portion. By the virtue of the present invention, it achieves high cleaning performance in which the fixing portion is cleaned by the cleaning sheet.
摘要:
The image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion forming a toner image on a recording material, and a fixing portion heating and fixing the toner image formed on the recording material to the recording material, wherein the apparatus has a cleaning mode in which the fixing portion is cleaned, and when the cleaning mode is set, the image forming portion forms a predetermined toner image on the recording material, and the fixing portion then heats and fixes the predetermined toner image to the recording material to form a cleaning sheet which is heated and conveyed to clean the fixing portion. By the virtue of the present invention, it achieves high cleaning performance in which the fixing portion is cleaned by the cleaning sheet.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus is disclosed in which a specific toner is used, and a transferring means has a transfer roller which is in contact with the surface of an electrostatic image bearing member and rotates when the electrostatic image bearing member rotates. The toner is comprised of particles which have a weight average particle diameter of 4 to 12 &mgr;m, and in a circularity distribution for particles 3 &mgr;m or more in circle-equivalent diameter which are included in the toner, particles having a circularity of 0.90 or more account for 90% by number or more.
摘要:
Adjusting the start timing for conveying a printing material from a printing material conveying unit based on a power supply update period for power supplied to a heater allows proper power correction timing to be attained for compensating for a drop in temperature of the endless belt following the printing material entering a fixing nip portion.
摘要:
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus having an upstream conveying portion, a downstream conveying portion, and a contact loop detection portion to detect a loop of the sheet formed between the upstream conveying portion and the downstream conveying portion, wherein the loop detection portion, includes a sensor that outputs the detection signal, a contact portion that protrudes into a sheet conveyance path between the upstream conveying portion and the downstream conveying portion as if to come into contact with the sheet conveyed through the sheet conveyance path and causes the sensor to output the detection signal by moving in contact with the sheet, and a contact force changing portion that changes a contact force with which the contact portion comes into contact with the sheet conveyed through the sheet conveyance path according to a type of the sheet conveyed through the sheet conveyance path.
摘要:
The image forming apparatus includes a current detection circuit for detecting an input current from the commercial power supply to the apparatus, in which: when a current detected by the current detection circuit exceeds a predetermined value, a maximum current suppliable to a fixing portion is restricted; and when a temperature of the fixing portion falls below, in a situation where the maximum current suppliable to the fixing portion is restricted, the predetermined temperature lower than a control target temperature, a conveyance interval of a recording material conveyed to the fixing portion is extended. In the image forming apparatus, even when a consumption current of the image forming apparatus is increased during successive image formation, it is capable of controlling the consumption current so as not to exceed a maximum current of a commercial power supply, securing desired fixability, and minimizing decline of image forming performance.
摘要:
The image forming apparatus includes a current detection circuit for detecting an input current from the commercial power supply to the apparatus, in which: when a current detected by the current detection circuit exceeds a predetermined value, a maximum current suppliable to a fixing portion is restricted; and when a temperature of the fixing portion falls below, in a situation where the maximum current suppliable to the fixing portion is restricted, the predetermined temperature lower than a control target temperature, a conveyance interval of a recording material conveyed to the fixing portion is extended. In the image forming apparatus, even when a consumption current of the image forming apparatus is increased during successive image formation, it is capable of controlling the consumption current so as not to exceed a maximum current of a commercial power supply, securing desired fixability, and minimizing decline of image forming performance.
摘要:
The image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material includes a flexible sleeve member, a guide member, a regulating member having a flange portion and a sliding portion, a rotatable member, a nip portion and a plurality of ribs. The plurality of ribs are positioned in the manner the contour of the plurality of ribs is positioned inside the contour of the sliding portion of the regulating member along the longitudinal direction of the image heating apparatus. Thereby, a reduction in the durability of the flexible sleeve member can be suppressed.