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Title:
HEATER CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002280147
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To control flicker of lighting apparatus or the like connected to common power source system with a heater by controlling large rush current induced by a fixing device independently conrolling plural heaters with different heat distributions.

This device is provided with a first heater 11 connected to a power source through a switching element and built in a roller, a second heater 12 connected to a power source through a switching element and built in a roller and having a heat distribution different in axial direction from that of the first heater and arranged in a lower heat capacity side of roller than the first heater, rush current control circuits 23, 23 controlling rush current of the second heater, and a control means 40 controlling current flowing in the first heater, the second heater and the rush current control circuit by controlling a state of each switching element. The first heater is controlled to reduce numbers of turning on by lowering a set lighting temperature during stand-by state of the device.


Inventors:
WATANABE MASAYUKI
MATSUDAIRA SUNAO
Application Number:
JP2001078430A
Publication Date:
September 27, 2002
Filing Date:
March 19, 2001
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
KONISHIROKU PHOTO IND
International Classes:
G03G15/20; H05B3/00; (IPC1-7): H05B3/00; G03G15/20
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Fujishima Ijima (1 outside)