Electric heating – Heating devices – With power supply and voltage or current regulation or...
Patent
1996-10-30
1998-05-26
Paschall, Mark H.
Electric heating
Heating devices
With power supply and voltage or current regulation or...
219216, 219481, 219501, H05B 102
Patent
active
057569690
ABSTRACT:
A heating control device of an image forming apparatus determines a phase of heat control in accordance with a target temperature and a current temperature of a fixing roller and a change status of the current temperature, determines a control unit period tp, a main heater turn-on time tm, a sub-heater turn-on time ts and Duty No. in accordance with a count of a counter which counts the number of control units which are unit periods of control and a shift status of phase, and finally determines a type of control and supplies powers to the main heater and the sub-heater.
A proper heater power to control to a target temperature can be applied in a short period and a temperature ripple is reduced.
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Machino Hitoshi
Takahashi Masayoshi
Toyoizumi Kiyoto
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Paschall Mark H.
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