US5512993A
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Image heating device capable of controlling activation of plural heaters
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1994-11-01
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Granted: 1996-04-30
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Expires: 2014-11-01
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is an image heating device for a fixing device in image forming apparatus. The image heating device is provided with two heaters and an image fixing roller. The image fixing roller is heated by the two heaters, one having the heat distribution in the center and the other having the heat distribution in the end portion of the fixing roller. The heaters are alternately energized so that the power requirement is maintained limited. The energization time ratio of the heaters is suitably varied according to the sheet size in order to compensate the temperature loss in the end portions when the heating is conducted in the central portion only, or to reduce the temperature rise in the end portions, encountered when narrow sheets are consecutively passed, thereby preventing various drawbacks resulting from uneven temperature distribution on the fixing roller.
Inventors
- 👤 Saijiro Endo
- 👤 Yoshikuni Toyama
- 👤 Hisaaki Senba
- 👤 Hisatsugu Tahara
- 👤 Hiroshi Matsumoto
- 👤 Keisuke Hasegawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 05:41
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/20; G03G15/2003; G03G15/2014; G03G15/2039; G03G15/2042
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
An image heating device comprising: a heating member including a first heater and a second heater of a heat distribution different from that of said first heater; a back-up member forming a nip with said heating member; and power supply control means for time-shared controlling of electric power supply to said first and second heaters, wherein said power supply control means is adapted to control a time-shared ratio of energization time of said first heater to said second heater in accordance with a number of image heating operations.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
An image heating device comprising: a heating member including a first heater and a second heater of a heat distribution different from that of said first heater; a back-up member forming a nip with said heating member; and power supply control means for time-shared controlling of electric power supply to said first and second heaters, wherein said power supply control means is adapted to control a time-shared ratio of energization time of said first heater to said second heater in accordance with a number of image heating operations.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
An image heating device according to claim 1, wherein the heat distribution of said first heater substantially corresponds to a recording member of a small size, and the heat distribution of said second heater substantially corresponds to a portion along said heating member where said recording member of small size does not pass.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
An image heating device according to claim 1, wherein said first heater has the heat distribution which is higher in a central portion than in its end portions, and said second heater has the heat distribution which is higher in the end portions than in the central portion.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
An image heating device according to claim 1, wherein said power supply control means is adapted to control the energization time of said first and second heaters according to a size of the recording member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
An image heating device according to claim 1, wherein said power supply control means is adapted to vary the energization time of said first and second heaters between a a condition when the recording member passes through the nip and a condition when the recording member does not pass through the nip.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
61 words
An image heating device according to claim 1, further comprising a temperature detecting member for detecting the temperature of a portion of said heating member where the recording member does not pass, wherein said power supply control means is adapted to control the energization time of said first and second heaters according to the temperature detected by said temperature detecting member.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
An image heating device according to claim 1, wherein said power supply control means is adapted to control the energization time of said first and second heaters after termination of image heating according to conditions of said image heating.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
An image heating device according to claim 1, wherein said power supply control means is further adapted to control the energization time of said first and second heaters according to a size of a recording material in a preceding image heating operation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
105 words
An image heating device comprising: a heating member including a first heater and a second heater; a back-up member forming a nip with said heating member; and power supply control means for effecting time-shared control of supplying electric power to said first and second heaters, wherein recording members pass through the nip uniformly displaced from a feeding reference, and wherein said first heater has a higher heat distribution in areas near the feeding reference than in areas away from the feeding reference, and said second heater has a lower heat distribution in areas near the feeding reference than in areas away from the feeding reference.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
105 words
An image heating device comprising: a heating member including a first heater and a second heater; a back-up member forming a nip with said heating member; and power supply control means for effecting time-shared control of supplying electric power to said first and second heaters, wherein recording members pass through the nip uniformly displaced from a feeding reference, and wherein said first heater has a higher heat distribution in areas near the feeding reference than in areas away from the feeding reference, and said second heater has a lower heat distribution in areas near the feeding reference than in areas away from the feeding reference.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
53 words
An image heating device according to claim 9, wherein the heat distribution of said first heater substantially corresponds to a recording member of a small size, and the heat distribution of said second heater substantially corresponds to a portion along said heating member where said recording member of small size does not pass.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
35 words
An image heating device according to claim 9, wherein said power supply control means is adapted to control the energization time of said first and second heaters according to a size of a recording member.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
51 words
An image heating device according to claim 9, wherein said power supply control means is adapted to vary the energization time of said first and second heaters between a condition when a recording member passes through the nip and a condition when a recording member does not pass through the nip.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
61 words
An image heating device according to claim 9, further comprising a temperature detecting member for detecting the temperature of a portion of said heating member where the recording members do not pass, wherein said power supply control means is adapted to control the energization time of said first and second heaters according to the temperature detected by said temperature detecting member.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
40 words
An image heating device according to claim 9, wherein said power supply control means is adapted to control the energization time of said first and second heaters according to the size and the continuously passed number of the recording members.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
39 words
An image heating device according to claim 9, wherein said power supply control means is adapted to control the energization time of said first and second heaters after termination of image heating according to conditions of said image heating.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
49 words
An image heating device according to claim 9, wherein said power supply control means is adapted to control the energization time of said first and second heaters in accordance with the size of the recording material in a preceding image heating operation and the number of image heating operations.
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