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5655177 Image former apparatus having a fixing temperature in a printer mode lower than in a copy mode  
A fixing device in an image forming apparatus can set its fixing temperature to 200° C. in the copy mode, and 180° C. to 160° C. in the printer mode. When print data is externally input, a print...
5652949 Preheating controller for a two-stage electrophotographic printing system  
Preheating temperature of a preheating plate provided on the front side of a fixing unit can be changed using a temperature controller. In a case where a printing system to print images on both...
5640646 Image forming apparatus capable of controlling heating units under optimum driving mode and a method for controlling the same  
When a time mode is selected, after power to the apparatus as a whole is cut off, the time until the scheduled start of supply of power to the heating units is counted. When the scheduled time of...
5633704 Image forming apparatus having fixing means error detection  
An image forming apparatus includes image forming means for forming an unfixed image on a recording material; a fixing device for heat-fixing the unfixed image on the recording material, the fixing...
5627634 Image fixing apparatus having a heater energized and controlled by electric energy  
An image fixing apparatus includes a heater having heat generating resistors producing heat by being supplied with electrical energy; a film movable together with a recording material, wherein a...
5627628 Electrophotographic apparatus  
When a CPU switches the power supply to a fusing lamp to OFF from ON state while an exposing lamp stays on, the CPU suspends a feedback phase control of the exposing lamp and carries out a phase...
5621511 Fixing apparatus with sheet interval adjustment and fixing interruptions  
The present invention provides a fixing apparatus comprising a heat body heated by a heater and adapted to convey a recording sheet, temperature detection means for detecting a temperature of the...
5581341 Temperature control device for a fusing device in an image forming apparatus  
A temperature control device for a fusing device in an image forming apparatus includes a heater provided in the fusing device for heating a sheet of paper, a temperature detector for detecting the...
5572306 Image forming apparatus capable of setting fixing temperature corresponding to temperature rising state of heating member  
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, having an image bearing member; an image forming device for forming an image on the image bearing member; a transfer device...
5563696 Image fixing apparatus with power control during sheet passage  
An image fixing apparatus includes a heater; a detector for detecting a temperature of the heater; a controller for controlling electric power supply to the heater to provide a predetermined...
5561512 Fixation control device  
A fixation control device is provided which controls the operation of a fixing unit having a heat roller and a press roller between which a sheet is passed. When copies are successively made on a...
5557385 Method and device for controlling thermal fixing machine  
The present invention relates to a method and device each for controlling the temperature of a thermal fixing machine where a toner image is fixed on a recording medium in a printer, a facsimile...
5555075 Fixation temperature control device  
A fixation temperature control device is to be applied to a copying machine or the like. A control section determines a heat roller control temperature in consideration of a detected press roller...
5555074 Electrophotographic apparatus and electrophotographic method  
The disclosure is concerned with an electrophotographic apparatus comprising a toner image supporting member on which a toner image developed on an electrostatic latent image is formed,...
5552874 Image fixing apparatus  
An image fixing apparatus includes a heating member for heating an unfixed image carried on a recording material; a fixing temperature controller for providing a variable fixing temperature of the...
5550621 Toner image fusing device with optimized control of cooling a pressure roller  
Four cooling fans 1 to 4 are provided under a pressure roller along its axial direction in a symmetric manner. The outside cooling fans 1 and 4 are disposed so as to face the non-paper-passing...
5546161 Image forming system having main power source  
An image forming apparatus includes a recording sheet supplying portion for supplying a recording sheet and an image forming device for forming an image on the recording sheet supplied from the...
5543904 Fixating device  
A fixating device has a first rotatable member in contact with an unfixated image borne on a recording medium, a second rotatable member forming a nip together with the second rotatable member, a...
5534987 Fixing apparatus with variable fixing temperature  
A fixing apparatus includes a heating member; a temperature detecting member for detecting the temperature of the heating member; a power supply controller for controlling the power supply to the...
5521676 Method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of a fixing device in an image forming apparatus depending on a paper feed path or method  
A method for controlling fixing temperature of a fixing device capable of fixing a toner image on recording paper in an image forming apparatus. A fixing temperature of the fixing device is...
5521686 Electrophotographic image forming method and apparatus wherein image fixing heater temperature is controllable  
An electrophotographic image forming system wherein a visible image is generated by an image forming device in response to a print start command and is fixed on the medium by heat generated by a...
5517284 Fixing device  
A fixing device is provided with a heating member heated by a heater, a temperature detecting member for detecting a temperature of the heating member, a controller for controlling energization of...
5512992 Apparatus and method for controlling fusing temperature  
An apparatus for controlling a fusing temperature in a system using an electrophotographic developing process by sensing the thickness of the paper. An apparatus for controlling a fusing...
5497218 Three point thermistor temperature set up  
Thermistors are calibrated by taking three thermistor resistance measurements at various temperatures. The resistance values are converted or transferred to Analog to Digital (A/D) bits or bit...
5493379 Heater having contacts for AC and DC  
A heater with a base member has a resistor extended along a length of the base member and generating heat upon electric power supply thereto. Also provided is a temperature detecting element for...
5486903 Image forming apparatus with paper thickness detector  
The present invention has a detection device for detecting the thickness of a recording material by using an air capacitor, and an image forming device for forming an image on the recording...
5481346 Image forming apparatus capable of adjusting fixing conditions  
An image forming apparatus which maintains proper fixing conditions through various situations. The apparatus includes a device for forming an unfixed image on a recording material; a fixing device...
5465141 Fixing apparatus for changing the duty cycle of electric current supply  
A fixing apparatus having a heating member maintained at a predetermined fixing temperature and an electric supply device for supplying an electric current to the heating member, wherein the...
5453824 Electro-photographic method and device with thermal fixing with reduced noise  
An electro-photographic printing device has a development location where toner is transferred onto a drum in proportion to the amount of light charges on the drum and a transfer location where...
5448339 Control system for heat fixing apparatus  
The present invention is aimed at providing a control system for a thermal fixing apparatus having an excellent fixing ability even at an initial stage of a copying process when applied to a high...
5444521 Image fixing device capable of controlling heating overshoot  
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...
5436430 Roller fuser having a temperature control  
A fuser for fixing toner images to a receiving sheet includes pressure and fusing rollers which are separated during idle. In response to a run signal, the temperature of the fusing roller is given...
5436709 Fixing device which controls an energizing condition of a heater after fixing operation  
A fixing device which can be employed in an image forming apparatus controls energization of a heater which heats a fixing device, and a detector for detecting the condition of fixing operations...
5428434 Flash-radiation type toner image fixing device  
A toner image fixing device is disposed above a passageway along which a sheet of paper carrying toner images recorded thereon is moved, and has a lamp for emitting heat-radiation toward the sheet...
5426494 Electrophotographic device and method for shortening a print time  
In an electrophotographic device, a heat roller is heated by a heater, and upon instruction of start of a print operation, the temperature Tf of the heat roller is detected by a temperature sensor....
5408301 Electrophotographic apparatus having two fixing sections and control means for controlling temperature adjustments selectively to the fixing sections  
An electrophotographic apparatus is provided with a fixing device having the first through third fixing rollers for forming the first fixing section by contacting the first and second fixing...
5376773 Heater having heat generating resistors  
A heater apparatus includes an electrically insulative base plate and a plurality of independent resistors, extending along a length of the base plate, for producing heat upon electric energization...
5367369 Image heating apparatus capable of controlling number of waves in AC power supply  
An image heating apparatus including a heater which is stationary in use; a film movable together with a recording material in sliding contact with the heater, an image on the recording material...
5365314 Image heating apparatus capable of changing duty ratio  
An image heating apparatus includes a heater; a temperature detecting member for detecting a temperature of the heater; the controller for controlling electric power supplied to the heater so that...
5333038 Image forming apparatus for controlling a size or a color tone of a toner image  
In a toner image forming apparatus capable of changing the fixing condition of a fixing device to fix a toner image on a recording sheet, there is provided a control device to change at least one...
5331384 Fixing apparatus having temperature controller which controls temperature according to width size and number of recording sheets  
In an image forming apparatus including a fixing device for heating and fixing a toner image on a recording material, a temperature detector for detecting the temperature of the surface of a fixing...
5321481 Fuser temperature and copy output controller  
An electrophotographic copy machine includes a system manager which controls the operation of the copy machine based on a plurality of performance levels corresponding to fuser copy quality...
5315350 Image forming apparatus provided with a controller for fixing roller heater  
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming and transferring an image of a document to a copy sheet, fixing unit including a fixing roller for fixing the document image to...
5311268 Fixing device using fuzzy inference  
Disclosed is a fixing device using fuzzy inference, which is used for copying machine, optical printer, or the like. The fixing device is provided with a fixing heater drive circuit 13 for...
5309209 Heat-fixing apparatus for color video printer including a stationary heat tube  
A heat-fixing apparatus for a color video printer. The heat-fixing apparatus comprises a heating member for heating an under surface of a receiver paper, thereby heat-fixing an image which has been...
5307134 Electrophotographic apparatus  
An electrophotographic apparatus for providing a thermally fixed toner image on a recording medium and wherein the fixing temperature can be selectively canceled. The apparatus is of the type...
5306381 Laminating apparatus  
The present invention provides a laminating apparatus comprising a sheet feeder for feeding a sheet on which an image is formed, a laminate film feeder for feeding laminate films, a heater for...
5303015 Recording apparatus for conserving energy  
A recording apparatus has an image forming unit for forming a visible image on a recording medium in accordance with an inputted image signal, a fixing unit for fixing the visible image on the...
5287155 Temperature control method for a fixing device  
A method of controlling the surface temperature of a heat roller included in a fixing device and having a heater therein by sensing it by a thermistor. The thermistor is held in contact with the...
5281793 Apparatus for positioning a temperature sensing element in temperature sensing relationship with a moving object  
An apparatus for positioning a temperature sensing element in temperature sensing relationship with a moving object. The apparatus includes a base and also a resilient member, attached to the base,...