Electrophotography – Diagnostics – Fixing
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-30
2009-08-11
Gray, David M (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Diagnostics
Fixing
C399S091000, C399S094000, C399S336000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07574151
ABSTRACT:
A smoke detecting device including: a light-emitting portion that emits light; a light-receiving portion that receives scattered light resulting from the light which the light-emitting portion emits being scattered by smoke generated from a recording medium on which flash-light is irradiated from a flash fusing device; and a judging section that acquires a light amount signal of the received light, from the light-receiving portion, and that judges, on the basis of the light amount signal, whether or not smoke has been generated from the recording medium on which flash-light is irradiated from the flash fusing device, the light that the light-emitting portion emits passing through a space between the flash fusing device and the recording medium, is provided.
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Machine Translation of JP 07-319322 A.
Burke Margaret A.
Curran Gregory H
Fuji 'Xerox Co., Ltd.
Gray David M
Moss Sheldon J.
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