摘要:
An image heating device which includes a heater; a temperature detecting element to detect a temperature of the heater; and a controller for controlling power supply to the heater, so that the temperature detected by the temperature detecting member is maintained at a predetermined temperature, and the controller controls the power supply to the heater, based on a rising speed of the temperature detected during a period from the time when the power supply to the heater is started till the time when the temperature reaches the predetermined temperature.
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:
An image heating apparatus includes a heater; a movable film having a first surface in contact with the heater and a second surface contactable with a recording material supporting a toner image; heating a toner image on a recording material by heat from the heater; the film comprising an insulative base layer chargeable to a polarity opposite from the of the toner and an electrically conductive layer at a position closer to the insulative base layer.
摘要:
An image heating apparatus includes a movable member having an electroconductive portion; a back-up member for forming a nip with the movable member; wherein the back-up member has an electroconductive portion-adjacent a surface thereof; magnetic flux producing device for generating a magnetic flux; wherein eddy current is generated in the movable member and the back-up member by a magnetic flux generated by the magnetic flux generating device, and the movable member and the back-up member generate heat by the eddy current.
摘要:
A fixing apparatus prevents the offset of toner onto a fixing roller, by forming a surface mold release layer made of pure fluororesin material on a core member of the fixing roller and by applying a bias voltage to the fixing roller.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a movable image bearing member; an image forming device for forming a toner image on the image bearing member; an image transfer device for transferring the toner image onto a transfer material at a transfer position, the transfer device including a rotatable member contactable to such a side of the transfer material as is opposite from a side contactable to the image bearing member and an electric field forming device for forming an electric field between the image bearing member and the rotatable member; wherein the electric field forming device forms a first electric field effective to transfer the toner from the rotatable member to the image bearing member and a second electric field which is opposite in a direction from the first electric field during a period in which the transfer material is absent at the transfer position, wherein each of the first and second electric fields is formed at least for a period required for the entire surface of the rotatable member passes through the transfer position.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a movable image bearing member; an image forming device for forming a toner image on the image bearing member; image transfer device for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member to a transfer material at an image transfer station, wherein the transfer device includes a charging member press-contacted or faced to the image bearing member and a device for applying a voltage to the charging member, wherein the voltage applying device applies a voltage to the charging member so that the charging member is constant-voltage-controlled when an image region of the image bearing member is in the transfer station, and the charging member is constant-current-controlled during at least a part of a period when it is not in the transfer station, wherein a voltage V2 applied during the constant voltage control is a voltage V1 appearing in the transfer device during the constant current control multiplied by a coefficient R, in which R is larger than 1.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a fixing apparatus having a pair of rotary members for pinching and conveying a supporting material bearing a non-fixed toner image thereon, thereby fixing the non-fixed toner image on the supporting material and wherein a rectifier element is connected to at least one of the rotary members in a predetermined orientation, whereby the present invention prevent a toner offset that the toner on the supporting material is adhered to the rotary members.
摘要:
An image fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image on a recording material includes a pair of rotatable members for forming a nip through which the recording material is passed; and bias voltage applying source for applying a bias voltage to at least one of the rotatable members, wherein the bias voltage is automatically changed in accordance with change of an ambient condition.
摘要:
An electrophotographic process wherein line width is controlled by examining stroke widths of data contained in output information, type of font and other criteria. The control of the electrophotographic process includes control of conditions of electrostatic charge on the dram, exposure or development of a photosensitive body. The electrophotographic process may be controlled in accordance with the font supplied to a printer.