HEATING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20230384719A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-30

    申请号:US18319594

    申请日:2023-05-18

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    摘要: A heating device includes: a pair of rotators to form a nip; a heating source having a heat generation area to heat at least one rotator; temperature sensors to detect a temperature of the heating source, a member in contact with the heating source, or one rotator; and a sheet sensor to detect a sheet passing through the nip. The temperature sensors include: a first temperature sensor closer to one end than a center of the heat generation area in the longitudinal direction; and a second temperature sensor closer to the center than the first temperature sensor is. The second temperature sensor is at a position shifted from the center of the heat generation area toward the first temperature sensor. The sheet sensor is on a side opposite a side on which the first temperature sensor is disposed with reference to the center of the heat generation area.

    CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20230367252A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US18301494

    申请日:2023-04-17

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 B65H5/02

    摘要: A conveyance device includes a first temperature detector and a second temperature detector that detect a temperature of a heater. A recording medium detector detects a recording medium. The first temperature detector is separated from a center position of an elastic layer of a pressure rotator farther than the second temperature detector is in an orthogonal direction perpendicular to a recording medium conveyance direction. The first temperature detector is separated from the center position for a first length and disposed in a first span defined by the center position in the orthogonal direction. The recording medium detector is disposed in a second span opposite to the first span, separated from the center position for a second length smaller than the first length, and disposed in a minimum recording medium conveyance span where the recording medium having a minimum width in the orthogonal direction is conveyed.

    HEATING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20230384717A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-30

    申请号:US18319595

    申请日:2023-05-18

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    CPC分类号: G03G15/2025

    摘要: A heating device includes a first rotator, a heater including a base having a slide face over which an inner face of the first rotator slides, a second rotator forming an outer face nip between the first rotator and the second rotator and a slide nip between the heater and the inner face, and a lubricant holder disposed between the first rotator and the heater to hold a lubricant. The first rotator, the lubricant holder, and the lubricant satisfy a formula of H×X1×R×G≤A≤V×G, where H is a height of a roughness of the inner face, X1 is a longitudinal length of the first rotator, R is a circumference of the first rotator, G is a specific gravity of the lubricant, A is an application amount of the lubricant on the slide face or the inner face, and V is a volume of the lubricant holder.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200033767A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-30

    申请号:US16451512

    申请日:2019-06-25

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a resistive heat generator, a temperature detector, and a power controller that detects a temperature-resistance property of the resistive heat generator before the resistive heat generator is used when the resistive heat generator is removably installed. The power controller obtains power supplied to the resistive heat generator and a change in a temperature of the resistive heat generator, that is detected by the temperature detector, while the power controller supplies the power at a predetermined power duty cycle for adjustment to the resistive heat generator. The power controller calculates the temperature-resistance property of the resistive heat generator based on the power and the change in the temperature that are obtained. The power controller adjusts a power duty cycle at which the power is supplied to the resistive heat generator in use of the resistive heat generator, based on the temperature-resistance property.

    Image forming apparatus and air flow path therein
    9.
    发明授权
    Image forming apparatus and air flow path therein 有权
    图像形成装置及其中的气流路径

    公开(公告)号:US09201394B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-01

    申请号:US13170790

    申请日:2011-06-28

    IPC分类号: G03G21/20 G03G15/20

    CPC分类号: G03G21/206 G03G15/2064

    摘要: An image forming apparatus including an intake opening from which an outside air is drawn, a fixing device disposed above the intake opening to heat a recording medium to fix an image onto the recording medium, and a flow path for the air drawn from the intake opening to direct the air onto devices or components provided near the fixing device inside the image forming apparatus by negative pressure generated by an upward current of hot air generated from the fixing device.

    摘要翻译: 一种图像形成装置,包括:抽出外部空气的进气口,设置在进气口上方的加热记录介质以将图像固定在记录介质上的定影装置,以及从进气口 通过由固定装置产生的热空气的上升电流产生的负压将空气引导到图像形成装置内靠近定影装置附近的装置或部件上。