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公开(公告)号:US20150110529A1
公开(公告)日:2015-04-23
申请号:US14056332
申请日:2013-10-17
发明人: Toshihiro Sone , Kazuhiko Kikuchi
IPC分类号: G03G15/20
CPC分类号: G03G15/2042 , G03G15/2053 , G03G15/2057
摘要: A fuser comprises an endless heating device having a heat transport device and a heat generation layer closely contacted with the heat transport device, an induction current generation device configured to heat the heating device through electromagnetic induction and a pressurization device forming a nip with the heating device.
摘要翻译: 定影器包括具有传热装置和与传热装置紧密接触的发热层的循环加热装置,感应电流产生装置,其被配置为通过电磁感应加热加热装置,加压装置与加热装置形成辊隙 。
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公开(公告)号:US12124195B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US18453261
申请日:2023-08-21
发明人: Yohei Doi , Eiji Shinohara , Kazuhiko Kikuchi , Sasuke Endo , Masaya Tanaka , Ryota Saeki , Kousei Miyashita , Ryosuke Kojima , Yuki Kawashima , Kiyotaka Murakami
IPC分类号: G03G15/20
CPC分类号: G03G15/2039 , G03G15/2053 , G03G2215/2025
摘要: An image processing apparatus includes a fixing unit including a belt, and a heater configured to heat the belt and including a substrate and a heating layer that is formed on the substrate, and a controller configured to shut off the heater if no current flows through the belt.
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公开(公告)号:US11782370B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-10
申请号:US18175421
申请日:2023-02-27
发明人: Kazuhiko Kikuchi
IPC分类号: G03G15/20
CPC分类号: G03G15/2053 , G03G15/2017 , G03G15/2028 , G03G2215/2035
摘要: A heating apparatus includes a cylindrical film and a pressing element that rotates with the cylindrical film and forms a nip with the cylindrical film. A medium is conveyed through the nip from an upstream side to a downstream side. The heating apparatus further includes a heater arranged inside the cylindrical film and on which a heating element is disposed. An upstream end of the heater is located downstream of an upstream end of the nip, and a downstream end of the heater is located downstream of a downstream end of the nip.
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公开(公告)号:US11726420B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US17721317
申请日:2022-04-14
发明人: Kazuhiko Kikuchi , Osamu Takagi , Chie Miyauchi
CPC分类号: G03G15/2017 , G03G15/2028 , G03G15/2032 , G03G15/2064 , G03G15/2039 , G03G21/14 , G03G21/1685 , G03G2215/2038 , G03G2215/2045
摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit for transferring a toner image onto a sheet, a fixing device for fixing the image, the fixing device including a heating member including a heat generating element and electrodes on both sides of the heat generating element in a sheet conveyance direction and connected to the heat generating element, and a pressure element for pressing against the heating member, and a controller for controlling an adjustment mechanism so that a distance between the heating member and the pressure element becomes a first distance during a fixing process and a second distance larger than the first distance during temperature raising of the heating member, which is conducted before the fixing process.
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公开(公告)号:US11573514B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-07
申请号:US17391032
申请日:2021-08-02
发明人: Kazuhiko Kikuchi , Osamu Takagi , Chie Miyauchi
IPC分类号: G03G15/20
摘要: A heater is to face a pressure element via a belt and is to heat the belt. The pressure element sandwiches and conveys a sheet together with the belt. The heater includes a substrate, a heat generating element, and a protective layer. The heat generating element is on the substrate. The protective layer covers the heat generating element and the substrate and whose surface is concave with respect to the pressure element. In the protective layer, a curvature of a top surface of an upstream end in a conveyance direction of the sheet is smaller than a curvature of a top surface of a downstream end in the conveyance direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11550247B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-10
申请号:US17699882
申请日:2022-03-21
发明人: Kazuhiko Kikuchi
IPC分类号: G03G15/20
摘要: A fixing device includes a belt, a roller, a heater, and a reflector. The belt is rotatable in a rotational direction. The roller is positioned to be in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the belt so as to form a nip between the roller and the belt. The heater is disposed within an inner circumference of the belt. The reflector is configured to reflect heat generated by the heater toward an inner surface of the belt. The reflector includes a first portion that is in contact with the belt at a first region downstream with respect to the nip in the rotational direction. The first portion causes a curvature of the belt at the first region to be greater than the curvature of the belt at regions of the belt adjacent to the first region.
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公开(公告)号:US11340543B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-24
申请号:US17113107
申请日:2020-12-07
发明人: Kazuhiko Kikuchi
IPC分类号: G03G15/20
摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit including a heater including a heating element, a fixing belt having a surface to which a lubricant is applied and contacting the heater through the lubricant, and a pressing roller capable of pressing and rotating the fixing belt, a power supply configured to supply electric power to the heating element, a first thermometer configured to measure temperature of the heating element, and a controller configured to determine a first amount of electric power to be supplied to the heating element based on the temperature of the heating element, and control the power supply to supply the determined first amount of electric power to the heating element, before controlling the pressing roller to start rotation.
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公开(公告)号:US11275330B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-15
申请号:US17209103
申请日:2021-03-22
发明人: Yohei Doi , Eiji Shinohara , Kazuhiko Kikuchi , Sasuke Endo , Masaya Tanaka , Ryota Saeki , Kousei Miyashita , Ryosuke Kojima , Yuki Kawashima , Kiyotaka Murakami
IPC分类号: G03G15/20
摘要: An image processing apparatus includes a fixing unit including a heater and a fixing belt. The fixing belt is electrically connected between a first power source and a ground terminal. A controller is configured to control the heater to heat the fixing belt. The controller is further configured to determine whether a current is flowing through the fixing belt and, upon determining that a current is not flowing through the fixing belt, control the heater not to heat the fixing belt.
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公开(公告)号:US20210364945A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-25
申请号:US17393440
申请日:2021-08-04
发明人: Ken Iguchi , Kazuhiko Kikuchi , Tadashi Sugiyama , Tokihiko Ise
摘要: An image forming apparatus of an embodiment includes an image forming unit, a waste toner collection container, a paddle motor, and a controller. The controller acquires a replenishment amount for each toner cartridge, when the image forming component is replenished with the toner from the plurality of toner cartridges, sets a coefficient for each replenishment amount of the toner cartridges, at least one of each set coefficient is different from the others, each of the replenishment amount is corrected by each coefficient, and drives the paddle motor according to a cumulative amount of each corrected replenishment amount.
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公开(公告)号:US11016426B1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-25
申请号:US16937012
申请日:2020-07-23
发明人: Kazuhiko Kikuchi
IPC分类号: G03G15/20
摘要: According to one embodiment, a fixing device, includes a fixing member having a first surface configured to be pressed against a recording medium and a heater on a second surface of the fixing member. A first heat conducting member contacts aback surface side of the heater, and a second heat conducting member is provided to be moveable between a first state, in which the second heat conducting member is in contact with the first heat conducting member and the second surface of the fixing member, and a second state, in which the second heat conducting member is contacting the first heat conducting member, but separated from the second surface of the fixing member.
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