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US 2017/0248877 A1Published application
Fixing apparatus having storage function
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasamichi Iida
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Abstract
A fixing apparatus fixes an image onto a recording material. A first fuse and a second fuse are connected in series each other. A power supply line is connected to one end of the first fuse. A signal line is connected to a connection point between another end of the first fuse and one end of the second fuse. A ground line is connected to another end of the second fuse. Information regarding the fixing apparatus is held in accordance with melt states of the first and second fuses.
Claims17
-20. (canceled)
A fixing apparatus comprising:
- a fixing member configured to fix an image formed on a recording material, onto the recording material;
- a circuit board;
- a first part and a second part mounted on the circuit board and connected in serial;
- a first line mounted on the circuit board and connected to one end of the first part;
- a second line mounted on the circuit board and connected to another end of the first part and one end of the second part;
- and
- a third line mounted on the circuit board and connected to another end of the second part,
- wherein each of the first part and the second part is capable of switching between a conductive state and a non-conductive state, and information regarding characteristics of the fixing member corresponds to a switch state of the first part and the second part.
5 more elements
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material;
- and
- a fixing unit configured to fix the image on the recording material,
- wherein the fixing unit includes:
- a fixing member configured to fix the image formed on the recording material;
- a circuit board;
- a first part and a second part mounted on the circuit board and connected in serial;
- a first line mounted on the circuit board and connected to one end of the first part;
- a second line mounted on the circuit board and connected to another end of the first part and one end of the second part;
- and
- a third line mounted on the circuit board and connected to another end of the second part,
- wherein each of the first part and the second part is capable of switching between a conductive state and a non-conductive state, and information regarding characteristics of the fixing member corresponds to a switch state of the first part and the second part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.