Adjusting power
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1. A method, comprising:
- adjusting first power supplied to heat a mass to store heat for vaporizing fluid; and
adjusting second power supplied to a heater so that the adjusting the first power and the adjusting the second power maintains a level of third power supplied by a power source, to a system including the mass and the heater, within a range of a predetermined value.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a method and apparatus for adjusting power are disclosed.
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31 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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adjusting first power supplied to heat a mass to store heat for vaporizing fluid; and
adjusting second power supplied to a heater so that the adjusting the first power and the adjusting the second power maintains a level of third power supplied by a power source, to a system including the mass and the heater, within a range of a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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2. The method as recited in 1, wherein:
the adjusting the first power and the adjusting the second power includes adjusting the first power and adjusting the second power to maintain a sum of a level of the first power and a level of the second power within a second range of a second predetermined value.
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3. The method as recited in 2, wherein:
the adjusting the first power includes supplying the level of the first power, when the level of the level of the second power equals zero, to be within the second range of the second predetermined value.
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4. The method as recited in 2, wherein:
the adjusting includes reducing the level of the first power to zero when the level of the second power equals a value within the second range of the second predetermined value.
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5. The method as recited in 2, wherein:
the adjusting the first power and the adjusting the second power includes reducing the level of the first power and increasing the level of the second power to maintain the sum within the second range of the second predetermined value.
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6. The method as recited in 2, wherein:
the adjusting the first power and the adjusting the second power includes reducing the level of the second power and increasing the level of the first power to maintain the sum within the second range of the second predetermined value.
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13. In an image forming system, a method, comprising:
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moving air by a heater and a mass;
transferring heat energy from the mass into the air;
increasing power supplied to the heater from a first level to a second level during a time period so that a sum of the power supplied to the heater and a power transferred from the mass to the air exists within a range of a predetermined value during the time period. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus, comprising:
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a mass to store heat;
a first heater to heat the mass;
a device to measure first power provided by a power source;
a second heater; and
a controller to maintain a sum of a level of second power to be supplied to the first heater and a level of third power supplied to the second heater within a range of a predetermined value using a measurement of a level of the first power. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer readable medium, comprising:
a medium to store executable instructions configured to adjust first power supplied to heat a mass to store heat for vaporizing fluid and to store executable instructions configured to adjust second power supplied to a heater so that the adjustment of the first power and the adjustment of the second power maintains a level of third power supplied by a power source, to a system including the mass and the heater, within a range of a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. An apparatus, comprising:
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a mass to store heat;
a heater to heat the mass;
a device to measure first power provided by a power source;
a second heater; and
a means to maintain a sum of a level of second power to be supplied to the first heater and a level of third power supplied to the second heater within a range of a predetermined value using a measurement of a level of the first power.
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