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US 8,712,279 B2Granted
Warm air generating apparatus, sheet feeding apparatus, and image forming apparatus including warm air generating apparatus and sheet feeding apparatus
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorYasunori Ueno
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Abstract
A warm air generating apparatus includes: a blowing apparatus for generating an air flow in a predetermined direction; a heating member disposed on a flow path of the air flow for heating air; a temperature detection member that has a heat sensing portion and detects a temperature of the heating member; and a biasing member for applying a biasing force that causes the heat sensing portion to contact a part of the heating member.
Claims13
A warm air generating apparatus comprising:
- a blowing apparatus for generating an air flow in a predetermined direction;
- a heating member disposed on a flow path of said air flow for heating air, the heating member having a first temperature detected surface and a second temperature detected surface each provided for detecting temperatures;
- a first temperature detection member that has a first heat sensing portion and detects a temperature of said heating member;
- a second temperature detection member that has a second heat sensing portion and detects a temperature of said heating member;
- a support member for rigidly supporting the first temperature detection member and elastically supporting the second temperature detection member;
- a first biasing member that causes said first heat sensing portion to contact the first temperature detected surface by biasing said support member and that causes the second temperature detection member to be disposed at a position on the second temperature detected surface;
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- a second biasing member mounted on said support member for applying a biasing force that causes said second heat sensing portion to contact the second temperature detected surface.
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A sheet feeding apparatus comprising:
- a sheet accommodating portion for accommodating a sheet stack constituted by a plurality of sheets;
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- a warm air generating apparatus capable of blowing warm air onto said sheet stack accommodated in said sheet accommodating portion, wherein said warm air generating apparatus includes:
- a blowing apparatus for generating an air flow in a predetermined direction;
- a heating member disposed on a flow path of said air flow for heating air, the heating member having a first temperature detected surface and a second temperature detected surface for detecting temperatures;
- a first temperature detection member that has a first heat sensing portion and detects a temperature of said heating member;
- a second temperature detection member that has a second heat sensing portion and detects a temperature of said heating member;
- a support member for rigidly supporting the first temperature detection member and elastically supporting the second temperature detection member;
- a first biasing member that causes said first heat sensing portion to contact the first temperature detected surface by biasing said support member and that causes the second temperature detection member to be disposed at a position on the second temperature detected surface;
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- a second biasing member mounted on said support member for applying a biasing force that causes said second heat sensing portion to contact the second temperature detected surface.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a sheet feeding apparatus;
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- an image forming apparatus main body for forming an image on a sheet fed from said sheet feeding apparatus,
- wherein said sheet feeding apparatus includes:
- a sheet accommodating portion for accommodating a sheet stack constituted by a plurality of sheets;
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- a warm air generating apparatus capable of blowing warm air onto said sheet stack accommodated in said sheet accommodating portion, and said warm air generating apparatus includes:
- a blowing apparatus for generating an air flow in a predetermined direction;
- a heating member disposed on a flow path of said air flow for heating air, the heating member having a first temperature detected surface and a second temperature detected surface for detecting temperatures;
- a first temperature detection member that has a first heat sensing portion and detects a temperature of said heating member;
- a second temperature detection member that has a second heat sensing portion and detects a temperature of said heating member;
- a support member for rigidly supporting the first temperature detection member and elastically supporting second temperature detection member;
- a first biasing member that causes said first heat sensing portion to contact the first temperature detected surface by biasing said support member and that causes the second temperature detection member to be disposed at a position on the second temperature detected surface;
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- a second biasing member mounted on said support member for applying a biasing force that causes said second heat sensing portion to contact the second temperature detected surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.