Title:
FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2015194602
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an available heating body of heating bodies arranged in a main-scanning direction from being replaced simultaneously when a fixing apparatus is replaced, due to uneven frequency of use of the heating bodies.SOLUTION: A fixing heater includes a plurality of heating bodies arranged in a main-scanning direction, to control each of the heating bodies to be turned on/off. The heating bodies of the fixing heater can be independently replaced. The fixing heater includes: a frequency-of-use information holding section 241 holding frequency-of-use information of the heating bodies; a determination processing section 242 which determines whether to replace the heating bodies, on the basis of the frequency-of-use information; and means for externally transmitting a determination result when the determination processing means 242 determines to replace the heating bodies.
Inventors:
NAKAMURA SHOGO
TOKUMARU HIROSHI
KAWASE NATSUKO
KIZAKI OSAMU
TOKUMARU HIROSHI
KAWASE NATSUKO
KIZAKI OSAMU
Application Number:
JP2014072487A
Publication Date:
November 05, 2015
Filing Date:
March 31, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
RICOH CO LTD
International Classes:
G03G15/20; G03G21/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2011149988A | 2011-08-04 | |||
| JP2012252190A | 2012-12-20 | |||
| JP2012150162A | 2012-08-09 | |||
| JPS60178477A | 1985-09-12 | |||
| JPS5860774A | 1983-04-11 | |||
| JP2014016559A | 2014-01-30 |
Foreign References:
| US20130156458A1 | 2013-06-20 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yutaka Osawa
Kei Osawa
Kei Osawa