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US 6,487,381 B1Granted
Fixing apparatus in which heating conditions can be changed in accordance with temperature of releasing oil
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsJiro Ishizuka, Takashi Fujita, Keisuke Inoue, Shozo Shimada
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Abstract
The present invention provides a fixing apparatus which has a fixing member for fixing an unfixed image onto a recording material, releasing agent applying device for applying a releasing agent to the fixing member, temperature detecting device for detecting a temperature of the releasing agent, and control device for controlling a fixing condition based on a detected temperature from the temperature detecting device.
Claims16
A fixing apparatus comprising:
- a fixing member for heat-fixing an unfixed image onto a recording material;
- releasing agent applying means for applying a releasing agent to said fixing member;
- temperature detecting means for detecting a temperature of said releasing agent;
- and
- control means for controlling a heating condition by said fixing member based on a detected temperature of said temperature detecting means.
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A fixing apparatus comprising:
- a fixing member for heat-fixing an unfixed image onto a recording material;
- a pressurizing member for forming a nip with said fixing member;
- releasing agent applying means for applying a releasing agent to said fixing member;
- temperature detecting means for detecting a temperature of said releasing agent;
- and
- control means for controlling a pressure in said nip based on a detected temperature from said temperature detecting means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.